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“Thus pleasantly conversing on the favorable circumstances of our position as compared with those of past pilgrims and of narrow-minded ones at the present…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Slowly we wound uphill past fields and thick forest until we reached the eastern edge of the Rift Valley. Far below, as far as…

— Martha Gellhorn

“And now that we have returned to the desultory life of the plain, let us endeavor to import a little of that mountain grandeur…

— Henry David Thoreau

We hence acquire this sublime and interesting idea; that all the calcareous mountains in the world, and all the strata of clay, coal, marl,…

— Erasmus Darwin

“Mountains seem to answer an increasing imaginative need in the West. More and more people are discovering a desire for them, and a powerful…

— Robert MacFarlane

“The crags of the mountain were ruthless in the moon; cold, deadly and shining. Distance had no meaning. The tangled glittering of the forest…

— Mervyn Peake

“Fir'd at first sight with what the Muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts, While from the bounded level of…

— Alexander Pope

“Mountains have long been a geography for pilgrimage, place where people have been humbled and strengthened, they are symbols of the sacred center. Many…

— Joan Halifax

“Unearth gems found in the valley and celebrate the fresh breath at the top of the mountains. The journey through the valley and the…

— Gift Gugu Mona

“Life and the work on the mountain had left their mark. Everything about him was warped and crooked. His back seemed to be heading…

— Robert Seethaler

“The mountain greets me with respect and guides me to traverse the rocks and crevices of its body! He is strong and vigorous and…

— Avijeet Das

“So pleas'd at first the tow'ring Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky; Th'eternal snows appear already past,…

— Alexander Pope