My own grandfathers were a submarine commander and a 'desert rats' tank operator in the Second World War.
The extremes of jungles, mountains, and deserts are inherently dangerous places.
The rules of survival never change, whether you're in a desert or in an arena.
Why do I live in the desert? Because the desert is the *locus Dei*.
What draws us into the desert is the search for something intimate in the remote.
Saving the world was merely a hobby. My *vocation* has been that of inspector of desert water holes.
The extreme clarity of the desert light is equaled by the extreme individuation of desert life forms. Love flowers best in openness and freedom.
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
They eat the dainty food of famous chefs with the same pleasure with which they devour gross peasant dishes, mostly composed of garlic and tomatoes, or fisherman's octopus and shrimps, fried in heavily scented olive oil on a little deserted beach.
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