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I don't have to lay on the couch and see a therapist because my therapist is in my paint brushes.


Abbey Lincoln

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WESTMINSTER ABBEY To the Technocrats: Have mercy on us. Relax a bit, take time out for simple pleasures. For example, ...
EDWARD ABBEY Saving the world is only a hobby. Most of the time I do nothing.
EDWARD ABBEY Devoted though we must be to the conservation cause, I do not believe that any of us should give it ...
EDWARD ABBEY Why can't we simply borrow what is useful to us from Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, especially Zen, as ...
EDWARD ABBEY Harsh reality is always better than false hope.
DOWNTON ABBEY How to pry the tourists out of their automobiles, out of their back-breaking upholstered mechanized ...
EDWARD ABBEY This sweet virginal primitive land will metaphorically breathe a sigh of relief --like a whisper of ...
EDWARD ABBEY May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.
EDWARD ABBEY I'm constantly on the go and have found rushing round after a new born baby is the best form of ...
ABBEY CLANCY Not all questions can be answered.
EDWARD ABBEY People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.
DEAR ABBEY One of my great passions is the collection of historical trivia.
LYNN ABBEY I'm always trolling for trivia.
LYNN ABBEY It's been a long time since I've written old-fashioned sword and sorcery; I'm hoping it&...
LYNN ABBEY How could anything non-controversial be of intellectual interest to grown-ups?
EDWARD ABBEY The love of a man for his wife, his child, of the land where he lives and works, is for me the real ...
EDWARD ABBEY Instant communication is not communication at all but merely a frantic, trivial, nerve-wracking bomb...
EDWARD ABBEY I doubt that my sense of personal freedom is any stronger than anybody else's. I'm happy to respect ...
EDWARD ABBEY Readers, not critics, are the people who determine a book's eventual fate.
EDWARD ABBEY