--- title: "7 Shasta Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 7 Shasta quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Shasta sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/368/john-muir-678_blood_when-i-first-caught-sight-of-mount-shast_182673.png" --- > [When I first caught sight of (Mount Shasta) over the braided folds of the Sacramento Valley I was fifty miles away and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/when-i-first-caught-sight-of-mount-shasta-over-the-braided-folds-of/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/368/john-muir-678_blood_when-i-first-caught-sight-of-mount-shast_182673.png) > [Lonely as God, and white as a winter moon, Mount Shasta starts up sudden and solitary from the heart of the great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joaquin-miller/lonely-as-god-and-white-as-a-winter-moon-mount-shasta-starts-up/) [Joaquin Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joaquin-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ea/joaquin-miller-20944_black_lonely-as-god-and-white-as-a-winter-moon_190957.jpg) > [Mount Shasta - a vision of immensity such as pertains to the vast universe rather than to our own planet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dwight-dana/mount-shasta-a-vision-of-immensity-such-as-pertains-to-the-vast/) [James Dwight Dana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dwight-dana/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d79/james-dwight-dana-34629_dreams_mount-shasta-a-vision-of-immensity-such_336470.png) > [“Why?" asked the horse. "I'm a free Narnian. And why should I talk slaves' and fools' talk? I don't want him to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/why-asked-the-horse-i-m-a-free-narnian-and-why-should-i-talk-slaves/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb5/c-s-lewis-121_bree_why-asked-the-horse-i-m-a-free-narnian-a_711334.jpg) > [“Forget Mount Shasta, my hometown, where the Rainbow Gatherers converge June through August to bask naked in the sun, live communally, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emiko-jean/forget-mount-shasta-my-hometown-where-the-rainbow-gatherers-converge/) [Emiko Jean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emiko-jean/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22b/emiko-jean-52696_rainbows_forget-mount-shasta-my-hometown-where-th_1282564.jpg) > [“It was a fine meal after the Calormene fashion. I don't know whether you would have liked it or not, but Shasta…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/it-was-a-fine-meal-after-the-calormene-fashion-i-don-t-know-whether/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/845/c-s-lewis-121_dinner_it-was-a-fine-meal-after-the-calormene-f_1978085.jpg) > [“Scattered trees, never thick enough to be a forest, were everywhere. Shasta, who had lived all his life in an almost tree-less…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/scattered-trees-never-thick-enough-to-be-a-forest-were-everywhere/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c71/c-s-lewis-121_fauna_scattered-trees-never-thick-enough-to-be_2272467.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/shasta/#itemlist", "name": "Shasta Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I first caught sight of (Mount Shasta) over the braided folds of the Sacramento Valley I was fifty miles away and afoot, alone and weary. 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