"The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head."

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The 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