Quote by J.R.R. Tolkien

“They could have fought against it, begged for another way or gone off the path in hopes of finding an easier passage. Instead, they…

— Sage Steadman

“Those mountains had been there since before I was born, and they'd still be there when I was gone. They'd stayed standing through every…

— Joseph Knox

“What was the human world like in the eyes of the mountains? Perhaps just something they saw on a leisurely afternoon. First, a few…

— Liu Cixin

“they saw that the great mountains had marched down very near to them.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“These passes were used so frequently that it is incorrect to project the north-western mountains as barriers. They were corridors of communication.”

— Romila Thapar

“I have traveled outside the mountains, but never lived apart from them. I always feared mountains would be as jealous, as unforgiving, as any…

— Denise Giardina

“We passed through forests of fire, forded rivers of light and forged dark seas and mountains of snow and ice. Each crossing took us…

— Orhan Pamuk

“Life was created in the valleys. It blew up onto the hills on the old terrors, the old lusts, the old despairs. That's why…

— William Faulkner

“A mountain is a strange and awful thing. In old times, without knowing so much of their strangeness and awfulness as we do, people…

— George MacDonald

“And so one more to the wandering road. Beyond Blackheath the highway began a steep and curvaceous descent towards Lithgow, where it skirted along…

— Bill Bryson

“There are many ways to get to the top of the mountain. The obvious path may not necessarily be the right path for you.”

— Sharon L Norris

“So here it is - the end of the trail at the end of the road - and the beginning of a startlingly real…

— Robert L. Mooers Jr