Quotes by Desert I may be able to spot arrowheads on the desert but a refrigerator is a jungle in which I am easily lost. Edward T. Hall desert able may The desert wears... a veil of mystery. Motionless and silent it evokes in us an elusive hint of something unknown, unknowable, about to be revealed. Since the desert does not act it seems to be waiting -- but waiting for what? Edward Abbey desert waiting doe We desert those who desert us; we cannot afford to suffer; we must live how we can. Elizabeth Bowen desert survival suffering I'm not a big Austen reader. I wouldn't say I dislike her, but if I had to choose between her and Eliot to bring to a desert island, it would definitely be Eliot. Elizabeth Gilbert desert bigs islands Life is a desert of shifting sand dunes. Unpredictable. Erratic. Harmony changes into dissonance, the immediate outlives the profound, esoteric becomes cliched. And vice versa. Ella Leya desert vices profound I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch. Ella Maillart desert good-life green I do believe I begin to grasp the nature of miracles! For would it be a miracle, if there was any reason for it? Miracles have nothing to do with reason. Miracles contradict reason, they strike clean across mere human deserts, and deliver and save where they will. If they made sense, they would not be miracles. Ellis Peters desert miracle believe I have this personal affinity for the desert. I am fascinated by the desert. I love it. Erika Slezak affinity fascinated desert I plan on going so deep into the desert, that any failure of my equipment could cost me my life. Evan Tanner equipment desert cost I eyed her like a thirsty traveler in the desert looks at a pail of water. Faraaz Kazi desert lust water Women don't like violence, Euripides desert husband different Polish comes from the cities; wisdom from the desert. Frank Herbert polish desert cities The vast sage desert undulates with almost imperceptible tides like the oceans. Frank Waters sage desert ocean When our vices desert us, we flatter ourselves that we are deserting our vices. Francois de La Rochefoucauld desert vices age Forests precede civilizations and deserts follow them. François-René de Chateaubriand desert forests civilization A thousand plastic flowers don't make a desert bloom. A thousand empty faces don't fill an empty room". Frederick Salomon Perls empty-rooms desert flower This is one of the charms of the desert, that removing as it does nearly all the accessories of life, we see the thin thread of necessities on which our human existence is suspended. Freya Stark accessories desert doe They defended the grains of sand in the desert to the last drop of their blood. Gamal Abdel Nasser desert lasts blood For love, we will climb mountains, cross seas, traverse desert sands, and endure untold hardships. Without love, mountains become unclimbable, seas uncrossable, deserts unbearable, and hardships our lot in life. Gary Chapman desert mountain sea Never thank anybody for anything, except a drink of water in the desert -and then make it brief. Gene Fowler desert gratitude water «1234567891011»
