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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
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 don't look like a desert person because I stay indoors most of the day and fool around at night. That's what the desert animals do - they don't have a tan either.
I used to sleep in the desert once every week, now it is every two weeks, most of the time alone. It's beautiful. What I enjoy is taking my food and cooking for myself.
If you can survive in the desert, you survive anywhere. I know more than anything life in desert. You can tell by looking at the dirt how long ago it rained, how hard it rained, how much water came through. You can by looking at a plant, a tree, from an animal's look. I can read the desert like I read my hand.
I have this personal affinity for the desert. I am fascinated by the desert. I love it.
Finding shelter with nomads in the desert during summer was a matter of survival for me and my animals.
People in my books tend to get their just deserts, even if not at the hands of the police.
A desert is a place without expectation.
Sleeplessness is a desert without vegetation or inhabitants.