Mountain Quotes

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People talk of sorrow as if it is soft, a thing of water and tears. But true sorrow is not soft. True sorrow is a… — Laurell K. Hamilton
Thou shalt be free As mountain winds: but then exactly do All points of my command. — William Shakespeare
Seek on high bare trails Sky-reflecting violets... Mountain-top jewels — Matsuo Basho
Mountain-rose petals Falling, falling, falling now... Waterfall music — Matsuo Basho
Time drops in decay Like a candle burnt out. And the mountains and woods Have their day, have their day; But, kindly old rout Of… — William Butler Yeats
At Last It's a perfect winter day. No wind. No Arctic freeze. Cloudless azure sky. A day to fly. Snow drapes the mountain like ermine,… — Ellen Hopkins
The road climbed into the mountains, Jonah taking the hairpin curves as fast as he dared. "You look so macho clutching the door handle that… — Judy Blundell
Seasons may change winter to spring, but I love you until the end of time Come what may, come what may, I will love you… — Ewan McGregor
God beckons storm clouds and they come. He tells the wind to blow and the rain to fall, and they obey immediately. He speaks to… — David Platt
In a library, you can find small miracles and truth, and you might find something that will make you laugh so hard that you will… — Anne Lamott
Not to find one's way around a city does not mean much. But to lose one's way in a city, as one loses one's way… — Walter Benjamin
Every sunset which I witness inspires me with the desire to go to a west as distant and as fair as that into which the… — Henry David Thoreau
Don't measure the size of the mountain; talk to the One who can move it. — Max Lucado
A man who sees nothing has no use for his eyes,â€ the Mountain declared. â€œCut them out and give them to your next outrider. Tell… — George R. R. Martin
Roads go ever ever on, Over rock and under tree, By caves where never sun has shone, By streams that never find the sea; Over… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Ahead and to the west was our ranger station - and the mountains of Idaho, poems of geology stretching beyond any boundaries and seemingly even… — Norman Maclean
Fondling,' she saith, 'since I have hemm'd thee here Within the circuit of this ivory pale, I'll be a park, and thou shalt be my… — William Shakespeare
I did it to win love, and to prove myself capable. Not to move mountains. In my opinions, mountains don't move. They only look changed… — Barbara Kingsolver
To the Technocrats: Have mercy on us. Relax a bit, take time out for simple pleasures. For example, the luxuries of electricity, indoor plumbing, central… — Edward Abbey
All his life Robert Grainier would remember vividly the burned valley at sundown, the most dreamlike business heâ€™d ever witnessed wakingâ€”the brilliant pastels of the… — Denis Johnson

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