Nothing the desert produces expresses it better than the unhappy growth of the tree yuccas
Mary Hunter AustinProbably we never fully credit the interdependence of wild creatures, and their cognizance of the affairs of their own kind.
Mary Hunter AustinThe palpable sense of mystery in the desert air breeds fables, chiefly of lost treasure. ... It is a question whether it is not better to be bitten by the little horned snake of the desert that goes sidewise and strikes without coiling, than by the tradition of a lost mine.
Mary Hunter Austin