Nothing the desert produces expresses it better than the unhappy growth of the tree yuccas. — Mary Austin
The manner of the country makes the usage of life there, and the land will not be lived in except in its own fashion. — Mary Austin
Over the tops of it, beginning to dusk under a young white moon, trailed a wavering ghost of smoke — Mary Austin
Man is a great blunderer going about in the woods, and there is no other except the bear makes so much noise. — Mary Austin
Probably we never fully credit the interdependence of wild creatures, and their cognizance of the — Mary Austin
For one thing there is the divinest, cleanest air to be breathed anywhere in God’s world. — Mary Austin
To underestimate one’s thirst, to pass a given landmark to the right or left, to find a dry spring — Mary Austin
Nevertheless there are certain peaks, canons, and clear meadow spaces which are above all — Mary Austin
What women have to stand on squarely is not their ability to see the world in the way men see it — Mary Austin
