Desert rains are usually so definitely demarked that the story of the man who washed his hands in the edge of an Arizona thunder shower without wetting his cuffs seems almost credible. – Administration in the State of Arizona, U.S. public relief program, 1935-1943

I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams. РAntoine de Saint-Exup̩ry

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

God takes everyone he loves through a desert. It is his cure for our wandering hearts, restlessly searching for a new Eden. – Paul E. Miller