Deserted

Famous quotes containing the word deserted:

“There was a deserted log camp here, apparently used the previous winter, with its “hovel” or barn for cattle.... It was a simple and strong fort erected against the cold, and suggested what valiant trencher work had been done there.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

““Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat.”
—Bible: New Testament, Mark 6:31.

Jesus to the disciples.

“The discovery of Pennsylvania’s coal and iron was the deathblow to Allaire. The works were moved to Pennsylvania so hurriedly that for years pianos and the larger pieces of furniture stood in the deserted houses.”
—For the State of New Jersey, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)