Edward Abbey.

I've fallen in love with Mr. Abbey and I've only slightly tapped the caverns of his writing.
I wanted to post one more little niblet.

From a speech he gave to environmentalists in 1976:

One final paragraph of advice: do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast....a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it’s still here. So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, the lovely, mysterious, and awesome space. Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to the body, the body active and alive, and I promise you this much; I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those desk-bound men and women with their hearts in a safe deposit box, and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators. I promise you this; You will outlive the bastards.

How am I only discovering Mr. Abbey now???? Oh, I know---because I've finally finished the rigors of Nursing school and am able to throw my mind into the love of writing I so have---I must be ready for Edward Abbey.