Absence Quote by Michael Ondaatje

A man in a desert can hold absence in his cupped hands knowing it is something more than water. There is a plant whose…

— Michael Ondaatje

“A man in a desert can hold absence in his cupped hands knowing it is something that feeds him more than water. There is…

— Michael Ondaatje

There is nothing in the desert and no man needs nothing.

— David

“A man lost in the desert must take such water as he is offered, no matter who it comes from.”

— Joe Abercrombie

In the desert the most loved waters, like a lover's name, are carried blue in your hands, enter your throat. One swallows absence.

— Michael Ondaatje

The desert is a natural extension of the inner silence of the body. If humanity's language, technology, and buildings are an extension of its…

— Jean Baudrillard

First, the desert is the country of madness. Second, it is the refuge of the devil, thrown out into the "wilderness of upper Egypt"…

— Thomas Merton

Man is a living lie--a bitter jest Upon himself--a conscious grain of sand Lost in a desert of unconsciousness.

— Amos Bronson Alcott

The sin of the desert is knowing where the water is and not sharing it.

— Richard Paul Evans

“They say a man lost in the desert must take such water as he is offered, no matter who it comes from. I”

— Joe Abercrombie

In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his most essential needs for survival, water along with other…

— Rachel Carson

Water, water, water....There is no shortage of water in the desert but exactly the right amount , a perfect ratio of water to rock,…

— Edward Abbey