People in my books tend to get their just deserts, even if not at the hands of the police.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It is as pleasant as it is unusual to see thoroughly good people getting their deserts.
The desert is natural; when you are out there, you can get in tune with your environment, something you lose when you live in the city.
I always thought that people who live in the desert are a little crazy. It could be that the desert attracts that kind of person, or that after living there, you become that. It doesn't make much difference. But now I've done my 40 years in the desert.
People live, work, walk, play, shop, study, and eat with other people. There are few desert dwellers who live alone without depending in some way on people.
Desertion is the army's dirty little secret. Since the beginning of the Iraq war, more than 20,000 American soldiers have given up the fight. Most of them disappear while at home on leave, fading into a network of family and friends, and the army does not typically chase them down.
I used to think that only people who were crazy were attracted to the desert, but once you've lived there, you become that way anyway.
They're not shooting me for deserting the United Stated Army - thousands of guys have done that. They're shooting me for bread I stole when I was 12 years old.
If you live for your children, they may be smitten down and leave you desolate, or, what is far worse, they may desert you and leave you worse than childless in a cold and unfeeling world.
I have this personal affinity for the desert. I am fascinated by the desert. I love it.
A desert is a place without expectation.