Desert Quotes

963 Desert quotes by 707 unique authors

And in truth (as I now see) I had the wish to put off my journey as long as I could. Not for any peril… — C.S. Lewis
To live a spiritual life we must first find the courage to enter into the desert of our loneliness and to change it by gentle… — Henri Nouwen
You jackass. We're all going to die here. You know that, right?' Harrier said. Yeah," Eugens said shakily. '...Guess I might as well die here… — Mercedes Lackey
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high, where knowledge is free. Where the world has not been broken up into… — Rabindranath Tagore
Come away with me, he said, we will live on a desert island. I said, I am a desert island. It was not what he… — Margaret Atwood
One of the world's most tiresome questions is what object one would bring to a desert island,because people always answer "a deck of cards" or… — Daniel Handler
Where are the people?” resumed the little prince at last. “It’s a little lonely in the desert…” “It is lonely when you’re among people, too,”… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
From that day on, it was the desert that would be important. She would look to it everyday, and would try to guess which star… — Paulo Coelho
He saw that no one owned anything really. It's all rented, or borrowed. Our possessions will outlast us, we'll desert them in the end. — Ian Mcewan
The desert weed lives on, but the flower of spring blooms and wilts. — Khaled Hosseini
He wanders, like a day-appearing dream, Through the dim wildernesses of the mind; Through desert woods and tracts, which seem Like ocean, homeless, boundless, unconfined. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends… — Washington Irving
This is my life, I thought...I have excised the cancer from my past, cut it out; I have crossed the high plains, descended into the… — Abraham Verghese
Once again there was the desert, and that only. — Stephen King
Waiting is a dry desert between where we are and where we want to be. (Finding My Way Home) — Henri Nouwen
i'm beginning to feel like this. caught the incredible sunshine just in the nick of time today on my walk. the wall of rain approaching… — Richard Avedon
If my love were an ocean, there would be no more land. If my love were a desert, you would see only sand. If my… — Jay Asher
I do believe I begin to grasp the nature of miracles! For would it be a miracle, if there was any reason for it? Miracles… — Ellis Peters
He waited while Gilan and Will moved the cloaks experimentally, eyeing each other and studying the unusual colors, seeing how they would blend into the… — John Flanagan
Always expect trouble in the desert. Then you usually won't meet it. — John Flanagan
For every one pupil who needs to be guarded against a weak excess of sensibility there are three who need to be awakened from the… — C.S. Lewis
The deeds of men, as footprints in the desert. Nothing under the circling moons is fated to last. Even the sun goes down. — Guy Gavriel Kay
The desert surrounds your every step and you walk forever a thirsty man. — Christopher Pike
By declaring our Prophet infallible and not permitting ourselves to question him, we Muslims had set up a static tyranny. The Prophet Muhammad attempted to… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
How long can we maintain? I wonder. How long before one of us starts raving and jabbering at this boy? What will he think then?… — Hunter S. Thompson

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