Geology-humor Quote by Neal Stephenson

“He lay flat on the brown, pine-needled floor of the forest, his chin on his folded arms, and high overhead the wind blew in…

— Ernest Hemingway

“A lofty breeze rushed by, threatening to brush him over the ridge. He looked with hardened eyes off into the East as the first…

— Evan Grinde

“It was there that I wanted, out there somewhere, when I sat elbow-to-elbow with my giggling friends and let my thoughts swirl up and…

— Kat Rosenfield

“The sight of the canyon down there as we renegotiated the mountain road made me bite my lip with marvel and sadness. It's as…

— Jack Kerouac

“You take one last look and think it would have been something to climb that silo and peek out the window before the interstate…

— Michael Perry

“The sun was crouched on its haunches over the Pioneers. The mountains were both purple and brown, the angle of light hitting the moiré…

— Reif Larsen

“We drove out along the coast road. There was the green of the headlands, the white, red-roofed villas, patches of forest, and the ocean…

— Ernest Hemingway

“Across the road, at the edge of the yellow beach, an especially large wave rises to the sky, gathering strength and power, until it…

— Beatriz Williams

“They laid up in the shade of a rock shelf until past noon, scratching out a place in the gray lava dust to sleep,…

— Cormac McCarthy

“The greenest grass he’d ever seen—a forest of long, soft blades—ran down to the bank. The water was clear and swift as it flowed…

— Blake Crouch

“Great laughter rang from all sides. I wondered what the spirit of the Mountain was thinking; and looked up and saw jackpines in the…

— Jack Kerouac

“His eyes settled due west and gazed through the silhouetted, leaf-bare branches to the now-black rolling hills of the mountains he called home. The…

— Teresa Tysinger