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A desert is a place without expectation.

This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought.

The mind gets distracted in all sorts of ways. The heart is its own exclusive concern and diversion.

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

And all around is the desert; a corner of the mournful kingdom of sand.

My mind is led astray by every faint rustle.

The mind can also be an erogenous zone.

Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.

It is the mind which creates the world around us, and even though we stand side by side in the same meadow, my eyes will never see what is beheld by yours, my heart will never stir to the emotions with which yours is touched.

When something hasn't been around much for a while, and one example of it turns up and catches people's eyes, they go looking for more like it - until they get tired of it again.