"An empty man is full of himself."

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Source : Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.28, RosettaBooks

Edward Abbey

#Men Quotes #Empty Quotes

“He spoke in telegram-as if every word he used cost five bucks, and he only had a twenty in his wallet.”

Source : Suzanne Brockmann (2004). “Hot Target”, p.53, Ballantine Books
“We all need God's power in our lives, and prayer is the dynamic that releases His power, sometimes in dramatic ways.”
“When I'm on a location, I pick a restaurant that's close and private and eat all my meals there.”
“Why did I become a writer? Because I grew up in New York City, and there were seven newspapers in New York City, and my family was an inveterate reader of newspapers and I loved holding a paper in my hand. It was something sacred.”
“The word 'paradox' has always had a kind of magic for me, and I think my pictures have a paradoxical quality, a paradox of chaos and order in one.”
“The star of the unconquered will, He rises in my breast, Serene, and resolute, and still, And calm, and self-possessed.”
“...she knew in her heart that nature has a preference for a particular order: parents die, then children die. But it was a harsh design, offering little relief from pain, for being in accord with it means that the fortunate find themselves orphaned.”
“In business life, that is, in its material processes, we eagerly accept the new. In social life, in all our social processes, we piously, valiantly, obdurately, maintain the old.”

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