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Beautiful Quotes by Edward Abbey
- This is the most beautiful place on Earth. There are many such places. Every man, every woman, carries in heart and mind the image of…
- Phoenix, Arizona: an oasis of ugliness in the midst of a beautiful wasteland.
- There are some places so beautiful they can make a grown man break down and weep.
- Defiance is beautiful. The defiance of power, especially great or overwhelming power, exalts and glorifies the rebel.
- A mother's sorrow is more true, honorable, and beautiful than the detachment of the sage.
- Good writing can be defined as having something to say and saying it well. When one has nothing to say, one should remain silent. Silence…
- The sneakiest form of literary subtlety, in a corrupt society, is to speak the plain truth. The critics will not understand you; the public will…
- Each thing in its way, when true to its own character, is equally beautiful. (p 41)
More Beautiful Quotes
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able to hit… — Alexis Arguello
- Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
- Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and widely effective mode of saying things. — Matthew Arnold
- People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and wonderful and an amazement and a pleasure. — David Attenborough
- But I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of language, his flow. His chaotic ideas seemed to me… — Chinua Achebe
- The worse my drawings were, the more beautiful did the originals appear. — John James Audubon
- I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of… — Saint Augustine
- Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for… — Marcus Aurelius
- Changing your mind is probably one of the most beautiful things people can do. And I've changed my mind about a lot… — Paul Auster
- Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is. — Diane Ackerman
- It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between. — Diane Ackerman