“There was no fear of sandpaper earth, no sense of danger from a bare-skinned spill, for the boy was a childa six-foot, one-inch growing child who knew nothing of accident, injury, dismemberment, de...”

“Forgetting nature is like forgetting your mother. Remember you are a child of nature. You are connected to it and belong to it. So dont forget to protect her.”

“He’d lived in the desert all his life, and he loved it. He was its child. It was his home.”

“Water, water, water....There is no shortage of water in the desert but exactly the right amount , a perfect ratio of water to rock, water to sand, insuring that wide free open, generous spacing amo...”

“, Sunlight! The most precious gold to be found on Earth.”

“Id forgotten how enlivening it could feel, seeing clearly and far. Aridity frees light. It also unleashes grandeur. The earth here wasnt cloaked in forest, nor draped in green. Green was pastoral, ...”

“For the two of us, home isn't a place. It is a person. And we are finally home.”

“The vast and beautiful world is the home we share together.”

“I stood there a long while, staring at that tree. It looked so strongSo beautiful. Hurt right down the middleBut alive and well. Cee touched my shoulderLightly. Frank? Yes? Come on, brother. Let's ...”