"The desert was held in a crazed communism by which nature and the elements were for the free use of every known friendly person for his own purposes and no more." T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, 1922
I can never seem to be rid of the sand between toes nor do I care to. It is a reminder.
"In every battle the eyes are the first to be conquered..."
- Tacitus, Germania
"One must work in solitude as a man who opens a clearing in virgin forest, sustained by the unique hope that somewhere in its depths, others are working to the same end."
- Ernst Jünger
"I find that I must go handsomely, whatever it costs me, and the charge will be made up in the fruit it brings."
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Vistas like that almost make me weep. There is no comparable beauty.
"The desert was held in a crazed communism by which nature and the elements were for the free use of every known friendly person for his own purposes and no more."
T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, 1922
I can never seem to be rid of the sand between toes nor do I care to. It is a reminder.
I've been in a desert (various ones of North America, Middle East, Central Asia) for some years now....quite peaceful.
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