#mountains

We are in the world where the longing mountains are the most grounded. ↗

— Sorin Cerin

#love #mountains #life

and I said, 'That is why you don't climb mountains, Gwen.' But now I wonder. You aren't afraid of heights." "No", she said. "Not particularly." "Only missteps." She paused midstroke. Did he mean to imply this had been a misstep? "I was afraid," she said carefully. "For a very long time. But no longer." "So was I," he said, and lifted her chin and kissed her. ↗

— Meredith Duran

#mountains #risk #taking-a-chance #love

I cadged a complimentary green matchbook with a gold bird icon from the Bell canning jar. Later we'd use the matches to light our spliffs. My fingertips tapped the stem to the gizmo that dinged a bell. Nobody came out. Wrong signal, so I did two bell rings. No response prompted me to tap out a series of bell rings. ↗

— Ed Lynskey

#adventure #crime #mystery #noir #smoky-mountains

Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains. ↗

— Diane Ackerman

#beside #childhood #conjure #fleeting #lake

I have been watching and drawing the surface of Mars. It is wonderfully full of detail. There is certainly no question about there being mountains and large greatly elevated plateaus. ↗

— Edward E. Barnard

#been #being #certainly #detail #drawing

These mountains appear to be almost entirely composed of stratas of rock of various colours (mostly red) and are partially covered with a dwarfish growth of pine and cedar, which are the only species of timber to be seen. ↗

— William Henry Ashley

#appear #cedar #colours #composed #covered

Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains. ↗

— Hosea Ballou

#grain #like #mountains #remove #will

Nature is my springboard. From her I get my initial impetus. I have tried to relate the visible drama of mountains, trees, and bleached fields with the fantasy of wind blowing and changing colors and forms. ↗

— Milton Avery

#blowing #changing #colors #drama #fantasy

Perhaps the most difficult thing is shooting scenes set 6,000 feet up in the mountains of Mexico. ↗

— Bruce Beresford

#difficult #difficult thing #feet #mexico #most

Some years ago I gave a concert in the mountains with snow all around, and that was much colder. ↗

— Andrea Bocelli

#around #colder #concert #gave #i