“Heaven is home. Utopia is here. Nirvana is now.”

— Edward Abbey, Abbey's Road, 1979

About Edward Abbey

1927 – 1989

American author and environmental advocate, known for "Desert Solitaire".

“Love flowers best in openness and freedom.”

“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.”

“Where there is no joy there can be no courage; and without courage all other virtues are useless.”

“Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments.”

“Distrust and caution are the parents of security.”

“The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a refuge from home life.”

“The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents.”

“Hence vain deluding Joys, the brood of Folly without father bred!”

“In love of home, the love of country has its rise.”