Married couples who quarrel bitterly every day may really need each other as deeply as those who appear to be desperately in love.
Edward AbbeyRead
We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may never need to go there. We need the possibility of escape as surely as we need hope.
Interpretation
Wilderness provides a necessary escape and hope, even if we never visit it.
This quote by Edward Abbey emphasizes the intrinsic value of wilderness and untouched nature in our lives. It suggests that the existence of wild spaces serves a fundamental human need for refuge and hope, symbolizing possibilities that extend beyond our immediate experiences. Even if we do not physically immerse ourselves in nature, the awareness of its presence can provide comfort and inspiration in our daily lives.
In practice
This quote could inspire a group of hikers about the importance of preserving natural spaces.
Married couples who quarrel bitterly every day may really need each other as deeply as those who appear to be desperately in love.
I love America because it is a confused, chaotic mess - and I hope we can keep it this way for at least another thousand years. The permissive society is the free society.
If it's knowledge and wisdom you want, then seek out the company of those who do real work for an honest purpose.
The earth is real. Only a fool, milking his cow, denies the cow's reality.
I believe in nothing that I cannot touch, kiss, embrace.... The rest is only hearsay.
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The country where he lives is haunted by the ghost of an old forest. In the cleared fields where he gardens and pastures his horses it stood once, and will return. There will be a resurrection of the wild. Already it stands in wait at the pasture fences.
The visible world is a daily miracle, for those who have eyes and ears.
For better or worse, zoos are how most people come to know big or exotic animals. Few will ever see wild penguins sledding downhill to sea on their bellies, giant pandas holding bamboo lollipops in China or tree porcupines in the Canadian Rockies, balled up like giant pine cones.
The moon, like a flower in heaven's high bower, with silent delight sits and smiles on the night.
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