“Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.”
Bible
“For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.”
“The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.”
C.S. Lewis
“You should not see the desert simply as some faraway place of little rain. There are many forms of thirst.”
William Langewiesche
“Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.”
“There are deserts in every life, and the desert must be depicted if we are to give a fair and complete idea of the country.”
Andre Maurois
“When you're in the desert somewhere and not going anywhere, it's nice to be able to take out some Pop Tarts from home.”
Pat O'Keefe