Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London

"We won't try. That's one thing, for good and all, we've learned
the very first time. And now hush up and go to sleep."

Their fears had vanished, but the sand, receiving now their
undivided attention, multiplied its unyieldingness. Billy dozed
off first, and roosters were crowing somewhere in the distance
when Saxon's eyes closed. But they could not escape the sand, and
their sleep was fitful.