“ I am very much about promoting Lima because I think Peru and the mountains and the Incas, everybody is aware of those, but Lima is something that people should discover - especially our food. Mario Testino
“ No one can live without relationship. You may withdraw into the mountains, become a monk, a sannyasi, wander off into the desert by yourself, but you are related. You cannot escape from that absolute… Jiddu Krishnamurti
“ For me at age 11, I had a pair of binoculars and looked up to the moon, and the moon wasn't just bigger, it was better. There were mountains and valleys and craters and shadows. And it came alive. Neil deGrasse Tyson
“ Everything was everlastingly loose and responsive, it was all everywhere beyond the truth, beyond emptyspace blue. The mountains are mighty patient, Buddha-man, I said out loud, and took a drink. Jack Kerouac
“ All mountain landscapes hold stories: the ones we read, the ones we dream, and the ones we create.-from the Editor's Note, The Alpinist (April 1, 2010) George Michael Sinclair Kennedy
“ The mountains of the Great Divide are not, as everyone knows, born treeless, though we always think of them as above timberline with the eternal snows on their heads. They wade up through ancient fore… Wallace Stegner
“ In my opinion, mountains don't move. They only look changed when you loook down on them from a great height. Barbara Kingsolver
“ …I have never seen mountains before, and they fill me and oppress me so much that I could not sleep; I must keep awake this first night, and see that they don’t fall on the earth and overwhelm it. [-… Elizabeth Gaskell
“ Mountains, according to the angle of view, the season, the time of day, the beholder's frame of mind, or any one thing, can effectively change their appearance. Thus, it is essential to recognize that… Haruki Murakami
“ A far cicada rings high and clear over the river’s heavy wash. Morning glory, a lone dandelion, cassia, orchids. So far from the nearest sea, I am taken aback by the sight of a purple land crab, like… Peter Matthiessen
“ Wind blew snow crystals back and forth between the graves. The ancient pines creaked overhead. Mike Bond
“ Thursday afternoon, the dark clouds closed in, and by Friday morning a heavy rain was falling. The mountain peaks were hazy sentinels, disappearing into misty fog that clung to the valley. Danika Stone
“ Emerald slopes became so tall they touched the clouds, and showers painted diamond waterfalls that sluiced down cliff sides. Victoria Kahler
“ He couldn't be more than forty-five, but Murray Miles was stooped, old before his time. The mountains of Alberta had the ability to bend those who lived here.That, or it broke them. Danika Stone
“ The sun is roaring, it fills to bursting each crystal of snow. I flush with feeling, moved beyond my comprehension, and once again, the warm tears freeze upon my face. These rocks and mountains, all t… Peter Matthiessen
“ When life brings you mountains, you don’t waste your time asking why; you spend your time climbing over them. A.J. Darkholme
“ I had this dream about you. We went hunting up in the mountains and I caught a unicorn. You told me now I know how it feels to be you. Crystal Woods
“ Transfixed by the bright gaze of a lizard, I become calm. This stone on which the lizard lies was under the sea when lizards first came into being, and now the flood is wearing it away, to return it o… Peter Matthiessen
