Somewhere in the depths of solitude

“Somewhere in the depths of solitude, beyond wilderness and freedom, lay the trap of madness.”

― Edward Abbey, The Monkey Wrench Gang

“I despise my own nation most. Because I know it best. Because I still love it, suffering from Hope. For me, that's patriotism.”
― Edward Abbey, The Serpents of Paradise: A Reader

“Ah yes, the head is full of books. The hard part is to force them down through the bloodstream and out through the fingers.”
― Edward Abbey, Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast

“A crowded society is a restrictive society; an overcrowded society becomes an authoritarian, repressive and murderous society.”
― Edward Abbey, Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast