Quote by Stephen L. Petranek

“And sometimes a dust storm would stand off in the desert, towering so high it was like another city -- a terrifying new era…

— Denis Johnson

“The smoke drifts toward us across that vast desert of desolation with the rising of the wind.”

— J.M Shorney

“The dunes are changed by the wind, but the desert never changes.”

— Paulo Coelho

“Like a long sighing of wind in trees it begins, then they sweep into sight, borne now upon a cloud of phantom dust. They…

— William Faulkner

... nature photographs downright bore me for some reason or other. I think: 'Oh, yes. Look at that sand dune. What of it?'

— Walker Evans

“It is in the nature of winds to Snatch and Grasp at things, and Blow Them Away.”

— Catherynne M. Valente

“Like dark hills of water that mounted higher and higher as they neared the shore, their crests and flanks streaked with livid bars of…

— M.M. Kaye

“It was the time of year when migrating crows wheeled across the sky, thunderous flocks that moved like a single veil, and I heard…

— Sue Monk Kidd

“There are no birds in a formation to cut the wind, so when you fly on your own, the struggle is yours alone and…

— Timothy Gager

“Together, we will raise the dunes from the earth, and rain death from the sky. Together, we are capable of anything.”

— Hafsah Faizal

“The small sands in that waste was all there was for the wind to move and it moved with a constant migratory seething upon…

— Cormac McCarthy

“And the wind blows, the dust clouds darken the desert blue, pale sand and red dust drift across the asphalt trails and tumbleweeds fill…

— Edward Abbey