Quote by Stephen King

“The rock strata of the inner canyon changed from dark umbers and black shadows to immense bands of pastel yellow, white, green, and a…

— Aron Ralston

“It was not a friendly picture, but to Conway, as he surveyed, there came a queer perception of fineness in it, of something that…

— James Hilton

“Conway felt again, as he gazed up at the stupendous mountain wall, that there was a superb and exquisite peril in the scene; but…

— James Hilton

“The sun's glow had given way to a brilliant twilight that colored the great mountains with violet and orange rivers.”

— Michael R. Hicks

“The mountains were rough amethysts, against a sky like a giant stage backdrop—layers of gauzy scarlet and gold and amber, lit from behind by…

— Elizabeth Peters

“Before us the thick dark current runs. It talks up to us in a murmur become ceaseless and myriad, the yellow surface dimpled monstrously…

— William Faulkner

“When I first enjoyed this superb view, one glowing April day," Jess read aloud, "from the summit of the Pacheco Pass, the Central Valley,…

— Allegra Goodman

“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

“The land beyond rose into dizzying mountains. Far across the way a frozen waterfall resembled a charging lion. The trees were shrouded in white,…

— Rene Denfeld

“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

“Through the white snow-gate of our ampitheatre, as through a frame we looked eastward upon the summit group; not a tree, not a vestige…

— Clarence King

“Far to the south, behind them, lightning painted the horizon in broad, explosive sheets of electric whiteness.”

— H.W. "Buzz" Bernard