- “O Libya, thou land of unrelenting heat!” – Virgil, The Aeneid, 29-19 BC
- “Surely God is near, in this least little secret of the earth, and in every evolving creation.” – Khalil Gibran, “Spirits Rebellious,” 1908
- “Libya – barren, savage, unlovely – blotting out God’s beauty.” – T. E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, 1922
- “This is Libya – this earth is bare, scorched, almost bleak; the air fierce.” – Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient, 1992
- “Libya’s enchantments are as lethal as her landscapes.” – Hisham Matar, In the Country of Men, 2006
- “The desert knows me better than my own mother. For she forgives my hurt in a way my mother never could.” – Warsan Shire, “Conversations about home (at the deportation centre),” 2011
- “In the desert, you are lifted up to the heavens, embraced in the infinite presence of sand and sky.” – Leon McCarron, The Land Beyond, 2015
- “Libya–an ancient land, worn and desolate, yet vibrant with the echoes of a glorious past.” – Ibrahim al-Hashimi, “Libyan Heat,” 2017
- “Amidst the ruins of empires, Libya whispers tales of resilience and survival.” – Najwa Zebian, Mind Platter, 2016
- “In Libya there was nothing but sand and sky.” – Kamila Shamsie, Home Fire, 2017
WANDERLIST: Ten great travel quotes about Libya
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