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title: "1 Book-club-fiction Quotes By C. Lynn Murphy"
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> [“The air was cool and soft. The desert looked empty from our great height, enough to believe the geographers and travel writers who tell of the terrible desert life, the stillness, harshness, and death. I lay against the cold sand,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-lynn-murphy/the-air-was-cool-and-soft-the-desert-looked-empty-from-our-great/)

C. Lynn Murphy

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## More by C. Lynn Murphy

> [“The air was cool and soft. The desert looked empty from our great height, enough to believe the geographers and travel writers who tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-lynn-murphy/the-air-was-cool-and-soft-the-desert-looked-empty-from-our-great/)

C. Lynn Murphy

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