Garth Owen-Smith > Quotes

“I was alive – in fact more than alive. The adrenaline rush I had just experienced jolted my system like some mind bending drug – and it would prove just as addictive.”
― Garth Owen-Smith, An Arid Eden

“If you believe in a cause and are prepared to stand up for it with passion and perseverance, you can make a difference. Conserving our natural environment will not make you materially rich but there is no greater satisfaction than having made our planet a better place to live on, even if it is just in a very small way.”
― Garth Owen-Smith, An Arid Eden

“In the western world, where benefits are defined by their monetary value, we often fail to see that ownership over an asset is an equally important human motivator for responsible behavior.”
― Garth Owen-Smith, An Arid Eden

“he region is stark and hostile, but in the early morning and late afternoon light, when the basalt rocks turn to the color of rust, and the distant mountains to soft shades of purple and blue, it can also be breathtakingly beautiful.”
― Garth Owen-Smith, An Arid Eden