Books Quote by Carl-John X Veraja

“The pull of the mountain is like gravity for my soul.”

— Heather Day Gilbert

“The only reward to be expected from the cultivation of literature is contempt if one fails and and hatred if one succeeds.”

— Voltaire

“For me, literature is a revolutionary force, it requires courage and risk-taking, it must have the ability to thrust you out of your comfort…

— Margaret Mazzantini

“This mountain’s of such sort that climbing it is hardest at the start; but as we rise, the slope grows less unkind.”

— Dante Alighieri

Literature is a mountain made of gold in this poor world!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

“Climbing mountains is an act I happen to love, but it is only one form of adventure. There are thousands. In fact, there's one…

— Mark Jenkins

“In a civilization of wage slaves, where people seek to survive more than to live, mountaineering is an enigma.”

— Erhard Loretan; Jean Amman

“Dread not to climb the mountain, for the higher you rise, your load will lighten; for once on top, easy be the stroll to…

— Nancy B. Brewer

“Real literature, great literature, moves people.”

— Nevien Shaabneh

“novels have the power to transport you into another existence, and see the world from a different point of view.”

— Ella Berthoud

“literature is but the shadow of good talk”

— simon blackburn

“There’s plenty of serious stuff that works to cord the muscles of literary merit. But”

— Michael Robotham