Quotes from William Langewiesche

You cannot blame the Sahara alone for the troubles. But you should also not see the desert simply as some faraway place of little rain. There are many forms of thirst.

So much of who we are is where we have been.

Do not regret the passing of the camel and the caravan. The Sahara has changed, but it remains a desert without compromise, the world in its extreme. There is no place as dry and hot and hostile.

Intelligence is not a prerequisite for safe flying, but an acceptance of human fallibility is, and the two are generally linked.

Do not regret the passing if the camel and the caravan. The Sahara has changed, but it remains a desert without compromise, the world in its extreme. There is no place as dry and hot and hostile.

You should not see the desert simply as some faraway place of little rain. There are many forms of thirst.

I ask people who don't fly, "How can you not fly when you live in a time in history when you can fly?"

The mastery of the turn is the story of how aviation became practical as a means of transportation. It is the story of how the world became small.