"It clatters unceasingly, and none can silence without choking it.

But art thou a woman ?" "Pardon, O Lion of Petra!" There followed a long pause.

When men meet in the desert it is only those from the West who are in any hurry to betray their business.

There being an infinity of time, that man is a liar who proclaims a shortage of it.
"Will the sun not rise tomorrow ?" asks the East.
Grim stood like a statue; and, judging by my own feelings, who had nothing at all to do but look on, I should say that was a test of strength.
"Last week the train was punctual at El-Maan--three hours after sunrise," said the spokesman at last.
On lines where there is only one train a week it is not unusual for its arrival to be the chief social event on the country-side, but that hardly seemed to me to account for the way those five men had been driving their camels.

However, as Grim knew no more of their business than the rest of us, and needed desperately to find out, he was careful to ask no questions.
No desert responds to the inquisitive folk who camp on its edge and demand to be told; but it will tell you all it knows if you keep quiet and govern yourself in accordance with its moods.