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Of course I litter the public highway. Every chance I get. After all, it's not the beer cans that are ugly; it's the highway that is ugly.

— Edward Abbey The Journey Home (1977)

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Come on in. The earth, like the sun, like the air, belongs to everyone — and to no one.

The Journey Home (1977)

The idea of wilderness needs no defense. It only needs more defenders.

The Journey Home (1977)

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.

Desert Solitaire (1968)

The earth will survive our most ingenious folly.

The Journey Home (1977)

Heaven is home. Utopia is here. Nirvana is now.

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