Desert Quote by Barbara Brown Taylor

My early book learning came to me as naturally as the seasons in … the little town in which I grew up. … Quite…

— Richard McKenna

But I got a great deal else from the experience. I learned to pitch a tent and sleep beneath the stars. For a brief,…

— Bill Bryson

It helped me become a well-rounded individual, and also it helped me be able to adapt to different surroundings and different cultures.

— Ciara

The wilderness rescued me. I have been shaped by my experiences in the great outdoors. Feeling comfortable in the wild gave me the confidence…

— Ben Fogle

I think I began to like writing a lot more, and to be a better writer, when I did it for a while alone.…

— Patricia Marx

I felt much better when I started to become myself a bit more and to spend time with people who I genuinely liked as…

— Emily Browning

All those hours exploring the great outdoors made me more resilient and confident.

— David Suzuki

It made me have a much greater understanding of loss, of loneliness, and the level of intense tragedy that so many people have experienced…

— Adrien Brody

Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, the color of my skin and my rather peculiar background as an Ethiopian immigrant delineated the border…

— Dinaw Mengestu

I was lucky to grow up in a culturally diverse area knowing a lot of different people from all different walks of life.

— Anjelah Johnson

I'd had no particular interest in the Southwest at all as a young girl, and I was completely surprised that the desert stole my…

— Terri Windling

Especially for me, growing up in such a small town in the middle of nowhere, the desire to be away was incredible. I wanted…

— Garrett Hedlund