Jamie

“Whirlwinds dance across the salt flats, a pillar of dust by day; the thornbush breaks into flame at night. What does it mean? It means nothing. It is as it is and has no need for meaning. The desert lies beneath and soars beyond any possible human qualification. Therefore, sublime.”
― Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire

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― Edward Abbey, Edward Abbey Bestsellers: Fire on the Mountain, The Monkey Wrench Gang, Hayduke Lives!

“He warned Mother not to flout God's Will by expecting too much of us. "Sending a girl to college is like pouring water in your shoes,' he still loves to say, as often as possible. 'It's hard to say which is worse, seeing it run out and waste the water, or seeing it hold in and wreck the shoes.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible

“When you handle books all day long, every new one is a friend and a temptation.”
― Elizabeth Kostovia, The Historian