Desert Quote by Anonymous

The distractions, the exhaustions, the savage noises, the demands of town life, are, for me, mortal enemies to thought, to sleep,and to study; its…

— Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward

The knowledge that refuge is available, when and if needed, makes the silent inferno of the desert more easily bearable. Mountains complement desert as…

— Edward Abbey

“There are regular towns and irregular towns, there are wounded towns and sober towns and fiercely remembered towns, there are useless, but passionate towns…

— Anne Carson

Now, having left cities behind me, turned Away forever from the strange, gregarious Huddling of men by stones, I find those various Great towns…

— Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

There's a reason that I love this town.

— Joel Plaskett

We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may never need to go…

— Edward Abbey

I'll never stop wandering. And when the time comes to die, I'll find the wildest, loneliest, most desolate spot there is.

— Everett Ruess

Haste and escape for your lives, look not behind you, escape to the mountain, lest you be consumed.

— Jonathan Edwards

A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled…

— Edward Abbey

“You remember how it feels, don’t you? All that desire scorching you straight through. Feeling like you’re penned up in a small-town cage, jailed…

— Norman Partridge

In chains and darkness, wherefore should I stay, And mourn in prison, while I keep the key.

— Laurell K. Hamilton

My mind, Is, and has always been, A House of Doors, An Endless Labyrinth, Of Tunnels, Traps, Hidden Wonders, And Horrors, In equal Measure.…

— Eric Nickel