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Desert Quotes - Page 10

I did not support Operation Desert Fox.

I did not support Operation Desert Fox.

"Fox News" with Tony Snow, www.foxnews.com. Februay 23, 2003.

I saw the desert, it grew upon me. There are times, when I have sorrows, that I hunger and thirst for it.

Lady Isabel Burton (1875). “The Inner Life of Syria, Palestine, and the Holy Land: From My Private Journal”, p.2

The vast sage desert undulates with almost imperceptible tides like the oceans.

Frank Waters (1999). “Mountain Dialogues”, Swallow Press

Saving the world was merely a hobby. My *vocation* has been that of inspector of desert water holes.

Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.28, RosettaBooks

Nor waste their sweetness in the desert air.

Charles Churchill (1782). “The Beauties of Churchill, Containing All the Celebrated Poems”, p.116

Adam Larey gazed with hard and wondering eyes down the silent current of the red river upon which he meant to drift away into the desert

Zane Grey (2015). “Western Classics Premium Collection – 27 Novels in One Volume: Riders of the Purple Sage, The Last Trail, The Mysterious Rider, The Border Legion, Desert Gold, The Last of the Plainsmen and more”, p.5023, e-artnow

The problem today is that there are no deserts, only dude ranches.

Thomas Merton (1966). “Raids on the Unspeakable”, p.19, New Directions Publishing

The desert was held in a crazed communism by which Nature and the elements were for the free use of every known friendly person for his own purposes and no more.

T. E. Lawrence (2015). “Lawrence of Arabia: The Man Behind the Myth (Complete Autobiographical Works, Memoirs & Letters): Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Memoirs of the Arab Revolt) + The Evolution of a Revolt + The Mint (Memoirs of the secret service in Royal Air Force) + Collected Letters (1915-1935)”, p.59, e-artnow

The desert has a subtle and a cruel charm. She destroys while she enthralls.

Rosita Forbes (1921). “The Secret of the Sahara: Kufara”

Life, deal gently with her ... Love, never desert her

Lucy Maud Montgomery (2013). “Jane Of Lantern Hill (Annotated Edition)”, p.218, Jazzybee Verlag