But hell, I do like to write letters. Much easier than writing books. - Edward Abbey

The automobile, which began as a transportation convenience, has become a bloody tyrant (50,000 lives a year), and it is the responsibility of the park service, as well as that of everyone else concerned with preserving both wilderness and civilization, to begin a campaign of resistance.

Thou fair-haired angel of the evening, Now, whilst the sun rests on the mountains, light Thy bright torch of love; thy radiant crown Put on, and smile upon our evening bed. Smile on our loves.…

obedience is such a fundamental habit of the contemporary American mind that any kind of disobedience is regarded as a form of insanity.