Desert Quotes

963 Desert quotes by 707 unique authors

Although people rarely died playing Quidditch, referees had been known to vanish and turn up months later in the Sahara Desert. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
No matter how serious the trial, how deep the distress, how great the affliction, God will never desert us, He never has, and He never… — George Q. Cannon
To a person who expects every desert to be barren sand dunes, the Sonoran must come as a surprise. Not only are there no dunes,… — Jerry Spinelli
The desert seems to be a brown wasteland of dry, prickly scrub whose only purpose is to serve as a setting for the majestic saguaros.… — Jerry Spinelli
A man seeks his own destiny and no other, said the judge. Wil or nill. Any man who could discover his own fate and elect… — Cormac McCarthy
Deserts possess a particular magic, since they have exhausted their own futures, and are thus free of time. Anything erected there, a city, a pyramid,… — J. G. Ballard
No miles of level desert, no jagged mountain heights, no sea of endless blue Neither words nor tears, nor silent fears will keep me from… — Lisa Kleypas
America is the greatest, freest and most decent society in existence. It is an oasis of goodness in a desert of cynicism and barbarism. This… — Dinesh D'Souza
The wicked are wicked, no doubt, and they go astray and they fall, and they come by their deserts; but who can tell the mischief… — William Makepeace Thackeray
Babe," Ranger said. "You're looking a little strung out. Is there anything I should know?" I'm on a sugar withdrawal. I've given up desert and… — Janet Evanovich
The Santa Anas blew in hot from the desert, shriveling the last of the spring grass into whiskers of pale straw. Only the oleanders thrived,… — Janet Fitch
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state sweltering in the heat of injustice and oppression, will one… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The desert sharpened the sweet ache of his longing, amplified it, gave shape to it in sere geology and clean slant of light. — Jon Krakauer
There had been certain romantic interludes in the past that had included galloping across the desert at night; but he had never abducted any woman… — Robin McKinley
Bod said, 'I want to see life. I want to hold it in my hands. I want to leave a footprint on the sand of… — Neil Gaiman
It's like going out to the desert and screaming and then having little kids throw their sandbox at you. I'm only 24. — Bob Dylan
Bliss—a-second-by-second joy and gratitude at the gift of being alive, conscious—lies on the other side of crushing, crushing boredom. Pay close attention to the most… — David Foster Wallace
its like you said? i lead my people-" forth!" zifnab carried on enthusiastically! " out of eygpt! out of bondage! across the desert! pillar of… — Margaret Weis
Life is short...eat desert first! — Wendy Mass
Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear: Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And… — Thomas Gray
I asked him if it were a mirage, and he said yes. I said it was a dream, and he agreed, But said it was… — Neil Gaiman
I put my fingers around the unmarked ring of the spyglass and twisted. The scene became clear. Oh no! A hairy brown spider clung to… — Gail Carson Levine
I met Pendragon when I made the journey to the far desert. He is from the tribe known as...as..." Loor was scrambling. Bokka didn't know… — D. J. MacHale
A sombrero fell out of the sky and landed on the main street of town in front of the mayor, his cousin, and a person… — Richard Brautigan
I couldn't take my eyes off him. Like a desert wanderer afraid of mirages, I gazed at my oasis, but he was real. — Laura Whitcomb

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