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> [Now the mountains were getting that pink tinge, I mean the rocks, they were just solid rock covered with the atoms of dust accumulated there since beginningless time. In fact I was afraid of those jagged monstrosities all around and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/now-the-mountains-were-getting-that-pink-tinge-i-mean-the-rocks-they/)

[Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/)

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> [When I was a small child, I began on small mountains. Now, as I am getting older, the small peaks are getting bigger. If I am lucky, some day I will end on a small peak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reinhold-messner/when-i-was-a-small-child-i-began-on-small-mountains-now-as-i-am/)

[Reinhold Messner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reinhold-messner/)

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