In the desert, I had discovered the West of my imagination, my childhood canyon infinitely magnified. I went there for inspiration and insight. – Julene Bair, The Ogallala Road: A Memoir of Love and Reckoning, 2014

You know you live in Phoenix when you are willing to park three blocks away because you actually found shade from a palm tree imported 300 miles from California and nurtured with water piped 250 miles from Nevada. – Author unknown

You know that Arizona is going to really be understood and get somewhere some day. – Will Rogers [Ummm, no comment. —tεᖇᖇ¡·g]

You know you live in Phoenix when you can drive four hours in any one direction and never leave the Valley. – Author unknown