Desert Quotes

963 Desert quotes by 707 unique authors

Any thoughts of guilt, any feelings of regret, had faded. The desert had baked them out. — Stephen King
Everyone just keeps on disappearing. Some things vanish, like they were cut away. Others fade slowly into the mist. And all that remains is a… — Haruki Murakami
The rules of the Hunger Games are simple. In punishment for the uprising, each of the twelve districts must provide one girl and one boy,… — Suzanne Collins
Maybe God created the desert so that man could appreciate the date trees — Paulo Coelho
Instead of answering her as soon as he saw her hair grow electric, her face more vivid, her eyes like lightning, her body restless and… — Anais Nin
Sometimes, from beyond the skycrapers, the cry of a tugboat finds you in your insomnia, and you remember that this desert of iron and cement… — Albert Camus
In recent weeks it has come to my attention that many caravans have met with disaster; they have not gotten through." I grunted wisely. "Probably… — Jonathan Stroud
So you find yourself surrounded by death and horror in the world, and you escape it into lust. But lust has no duration; it leaves… — Hermann Hesse
..when a war ends, what does that look like exactly? do the cells in the body stop detonating themselves? does the orphanage stop screaming for… — Andrea Gibson
If you are the lantern, I am the flame; If you are the lake, then I am the rain; If you are the desert, I… — Cecilia Dart-Thornton
Finnick:" Good to see you, Peeta." Peeta:" You be nice to her, Finnick. Or I might try and take her away from you." It could… — Suzanne Collins
These really are our days, and we can prevail and overcome, even in the midst of trends that are very disturbing. If we are faithful… — Neal A. Maxwell
No stars gleam as brightly as those which glisten in the polar sky. No water tastes so sweet as that which springs amid the desert… — Charles Spurgeon
You have to protect yourself from sadness. Sadness is very close to hate. Let me tell you this. This is the thing I learned. If… — Michael Ondaatje
For love, we will climb mountains, cross seas, traverse desert sands, and endure untold hardships. Without love, mountains become unclimbable, seas uncrossable, deserts unbearable, and… — Gary Chapman
How shall Integrity face Oppression? What shall Honesty do in the face of Deception, Decency in the face of Insult, Self-Defense before Blows? How shall… — W. E. B. Du Bois
Do you see the Field of Mars, where I walked next to my bride in her white wedding dress, with red sandals in her hands,… — Paullina Simons
If you don't know where you're going, stop racing to get there. -- from Just Desert by M. T. Anderson — Chris Van Allsburg
It had nothing to do with gear or footwear or the backpacking fads or philosophies of any particular era or even with getting from point… — Cheryl Strayed
I can speak to my soul only when the two of us are off exploring deserts or cities or mountains or roads. — Paulo Coelho
Last night we told you that none of the angels remember where we landed when we fell," Daniel said. "Yeah, about that... How's it possible?"… — Lauren Kate
Long ago Mars was an oasis of running water.Today the Martiansurfaceis a sterile,barren desert. Here on Earth, who knows what climactic knobs we unwittingly turn,which… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
If you sing of beauty though alone in the heart of the desert you will have an audience. — Khalil Gibran
God, she was beautiful - my first image of the Orient - a woman such as only the desert poet knew how to praise: her… — Amin Maalouf
A man doesn't grow old because he has lived a certain number of years. A man grows old when he deserts his ideal. The years… — Brennan Manning

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