“A traveller, lost on a desert plain, feels that the recognition of one star, the Pole star, is of itself a great acquisition.” FeelsLostStarsTravelRecognitionDesertAcquisitionTraveller Book:Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals Source: Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals
“There is no other article for individual use so universally known or widely distributed. In my travels I have found [the safety razor] in the most northern town in Norway and in the heart of the Sahara Desert.” HeartUseFoundIndividualKnownTravelTownsSafetyDesertArticlesDistributionRazorsNorwaySaharaSahara Desert Author:King C. Gillette
“We were in the Arabian Desert for nine months. And I was having the time of my life. It could have been an archeological expedition, a military expedition.” Has BeensMilitaryMonthsTravelNineDesertFunny TravelCould Have BeenExpeditionsNine MonthsTime Of My LifeArabian Author:Peter O'Toole
“They say no land remains to be discovered, no continent is left unexplored. But the whole world is out there, waiting, just waiting for me. I want to do things-- I want to walk the rain-soaked streets of London, and drink mint tea in Casablanca. I want to wander the wastelands of the Gobi desert and see a yak. I think my life's ambition is to see a yak. I want to bargain for trinkets in an Arab market in some distant, dusty land. There's so much. But, most of all, I want to do things that will mean something.” ThinkingWorldWantMeanWholeLeftWaitingWalksStreetsLandDrinkTravelAmbitionRainRemainsLondonWhole WorldWanderTeaDesertContinentsBargainsMintUnexploredWastelandTrinketsYaks Author:Lisa Ann Sandell
“I can speak to my soul only when the two of us are off exploring deserts or cities or mountains or roads.” I CanTwoSoulSpeakCitiesMountainTravelMy SoulDesertSpiritual WisdomExploringSelf TalkTwo Of Us Author:Paulo Coelho
“The true call of the desert, of the mountains, or the sea, is their silence - free of the networks of dead speech.” SilenceSeaMountainTravelSpeechDesert Author:Freya Stark
“The earth itself assures us it is a living entity. Deep below surface one can hear its slow pulse, feel its vibrant rhythm. The great breathing mountains expand and contract. The vast sage desert undulates with almost imperceptible tides like the oceans. From the very beginning, throughout all its cataclysmic upthrusts and deep sea submergences, the planet Earth seems to have maintained an ordered rhythm.” FeelsSeemsEarthNatureSeaPlanetsMountainTravelOceanSurfaceRhythmDesertBreathingContractsTidesEntitySagePulsePlanet EarthDeep Sea Book:Mountain Dialogues Source: Mountain Dialogues