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title: "7 Desert Life Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Desert Life quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Desert Life sayings and thoughts."
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> [Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-young/life-is-the-desert-life-the-solitude-death-joins-us-to-the-great/)

[Edward Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-young/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dd/edward-young-1446_death_life-is-the-desert-life-the-solitude-dea_444825.png)

> [Strolling on, it seems to me that the strangeness and wonder of existence are emphasized here, in the desert, by the comparative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-abbey/strolling-on-it-seems-to-me-that-the-strangeness-and-wonder-of/)

[Edward Abbey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-abbey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f0/edward-abbey-254_barren_strolling-on-it-seems-to-me-that-the-str_985397.png)

> [“He’d lived in the desert all his life, and he loved it. He was its child. It was his home.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-taylor/he-d-lived-in-the-desert-all-his-life-and-he-loved-it-he-was-its/)

[Tony Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-taylor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f21/tony-taylor-44608_children_he-d-lived-in-the-desert-all-his-life-an_1089470.jpg)

> [The extreme clarity of the desert light is equaled by the extreme individuation of desert life forms. Love flowers best in openness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-abbey/the-extreme-clarity-of-the-desert-light-is-equaled-by-the-extreme/)

[Edward Abbey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-abbey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c3/edward-abbey-254_clarity_the-extreme-clarity-of-the-desert-light_1181213.png)

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

[C. Lynn Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-lynn-murphy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/533/c-lynn-murphy-126954_book-club-fiction_the-air-was-cool-and-soft-the-desert-loo_2094309.jpg)

> [“I beg your pardon, dune sea, but I am just here to get my girls. If you would kindly. This is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-vaye-watkins/i-beg-your-pardon-dune-sea-but-i-am-just-here-to-get-my-girls-if-you/)

[Claire Vaye Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-vaye-watkins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a89/claire-vaye-watkins-30449_forgiveness_i-beg-your-pardon-dune-sea-but-i-am-just_2097341.png)

> [Much love much trial, but what an utter desert is life without love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/much-love-much-trial-but-what-an-utter-desert-is-life-without-love/)

[Charles Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-darwin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ec/charles-darwin-507_desert_much-love-much-trial-but-what-an-utter-d_3082601.jpg)

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