Arid Quotes

At first encounter the Karoo may seem arid, desolate and unforgiving, but to those who know it, it is a land of secret beauty and infinite variety. — Eve Palmer

Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert. — Khalil Gibran

There is no spot of ground, however arid, bare or ugly, that cannot be tamed into such a state as may give an impression of beauty and delight. — Gertrude Jekyll

The moon can never breathe, but it can take our breath away with the beauty of its cold, arid orb. — Munia Khan

A philosopher always finds more grass to feed upon in the valleys of stupidity than on the arid heights of intelligence. — Ludwig Wittgenstein

Sarah is a mirage after all; an oasis in this arid, amnesiac, desert mindscape. I fear if I get too close she too will turn to dust. — Jonathan Dunne

The sterile, arid environment created by truly jarring and discordant signage and gargantuan billboards is a turnoff. — Jonathan Katz

All three of the Abrahamic religions were born and nurtured in arid, disturbed environments. — E. O. Wilson

Our hearts, it seems, can be scraped only so gaunt before they crack into an acre of arid indifference. — Michael Yankoski

Gustave's last years are arid and solitary. He — Julian Barnes

Truth takes the stamp of the souls it enters. It is rigorous and rough in arid souls, but tempers and softens itself in loving natures. — Joseph Joubert

Still, the farther hills remained as untouched as the sea; high, remote, arid, dark and sterile, poisoned with the sun. — Patrick O'Brian

Some of us who live in arid parts of the world think about water with a reverence others might find excessive. — Joan Didion

Nobody ever takes from the desert anything but aridity and monsters ... — John Geddes

In spiritually arid centuries, the only man to realize that the century is dying from thirst is the man who still harnesses an underground spring. — Nicolas Gomez Davila

Along the river's summer walk,
The withered tufts of asters nod;
And trembles on its arid stalk
the hoar plum of the golden-rod. — John Greenleaf Whittier

Come, my faux juggernaut, my nefarious loins! Slather every protuberance with arid zeal! — Cassandra Clare

The will to win ... the will to achieve ... goes dry and arid without continuous renewal. — Vince Lombardi

Reason finds it difficult to take root in the arid soil of wrath. — Lucy Freeman