“Love flowers best in openness and freedom.”

— Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire (1968)

About Edward Abbey

1927 – 1989

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

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

“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.”

“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.”

“Let there be spaces in your togetherness.”

“Work is love made visible.”

“Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all.”

“The course of true love never did run smooth.”

“Love, and do what thou wilt.”