Water, water, water....There is no shortage of water in the desert but exactly
the right amount , a perfect ratio of water to rock, water to sand, insuring
that wide free open, generous spacing among plants and animals, homes and towns
and cities, which makes the arid West so different from any other part of the
nation. There is no lack of water here unless you try to establish a city where
no city should be.........Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
Most of my wandering in the desert i've done alone. not so much from choice as
from necessity - i generally prefer to go into places where no one else wants to
go. i find that in contemplating the natural world my pleasure is greater if
there are not too many others contemplating it with me, at the same time............Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire
Men come and go, cities rise and fall, whole civilizations appear and
disappear-the earth remains, slightly modified. The earth remains, and the
heartbreaking beauty where there are no hearts to break....I sometimes choose to
think, no doubt perversely, that man is a dream, thought an illusion, and only
rock is real. Rock and sun..........Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a
desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something
throbs, and gleams...................Antoine De Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince.
I've been through the desert on a horse with no
name
It felt good to be out of the rain.
In the desert you can remember your name
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no
pain............Dewey Bunnell, A Horse With No Name
The desert takes our dreams away from us, and they
don't always return.... Those who don't return become a part of the clouds, a
part of the animals that hide in the ravines and of the water that comes from
the earth. They become part of everything … They become the Soul of the
World..........Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
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