#mount

You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#certain #need #nerve #writer #you

Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#circular #compass #courses #go #heights

You get very tired, and there was a certain amount of pain and you slow up. Your legs are so tired that you are in fact slowing. If you don't keep running, keep your blood circulating, the muscles stop pumping the blood back and you get dizzy. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#back #blood #certain #circulating #dizzy

I have found a dream of beauty at which one might look all one's life and sigh. ↗

— Isabella L. Bird

#mountains #travel #beauty

Moderation is the key so I work certain amount of time and then I take a certain amount of time off. ↗

— Jimmy Buffett

#certain #i #key #moderation #off

We've climbed the mighty mountain. I see the valley below, and it's a valley of peace. ↗

— George W. Bush

#climbed #i #i see #mighty #mountain

I have a grim outlook on the world, and in particular on humanity. Spent years denying it, but I am very misanthropic. And I live alone on a mountain for a reason. ↗

— Caleb Carr

#am #denying #grim #humanity #i

I, like most of my friends, couldn't believe I bought a mountain called Misery Mountain, because it was so appropriate. ↗

— Caleb Carr

#because #believe #bought #called #friends

Born on a mountain, raised in a cave. Arresting fugitives is all I crave. ↗

— Duane Chapman

#born #cave #crave #fugitives #i

Highest of heights, I climb this mountain and feel one with the rock and grit and solitude echoing back at me. ↗

— Bradley Chicho

#climb #echoing #feel #grit #heights