Afternoon Quote by Edward Abbey

I watch the clouds as I see them in pomp advancing, pursuing the fallen sun.

— Denise Levertov

You must rise above The gloomy clouds Covering the mountaintop Otherwise, how will you Ever see the brightness?

— Ryokan Taigu

Late in August the lure of the mountains becomes irresistible. Seared by the everlasting sunfire, I want to see running water again, embrace a…

— Edward Abbey

I'm just moving clouds today, tomorrow I'll try mountains.

— Ashleigh Brilliant

All the birds have flown up and gone; A lonely cloud floats leisurely by. We never tire of looking at each other - Only…

— Li Bai

“In our ascent we were often among the clouds hovering about the mountain, and for a while would be enveloped in fog and mist,…

— Helen Josephine Sanborn

When you can stand over the clouds and watch them roll through the mountains below you, it shifts absolutely everything in your brain.

— Jamie Chung

Who reports the works and ways of the clouds, those wondrous creations coming into being every day like freshly upheaved mountains?

— John Muir

Up there on Huckleberry Mountain, I couldn't sleep ... As the sky broke light over the peaks of Glacier, I found myself deeply moved…

— William Kittredge

The birds have vanished into the sky, and now the last cloud drains away. We sit together, the mountain and me, until only the…

— Anonymous

I see the spectacle of morning from the hilltop over against my house, from daybreak to sunrise, with emotions which an angel might share.…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I am as one Who doth attempt some lofty mountain's height, And having gained what to the upcast eye The summit's point appear'd, astonished…

— Joanna Baillie