„It was the work of the quiet mountains, this torrent of purity at my feet.“

— Jack Kerouac

Tags:

„Kilimanjaro is a snow-covered mountain 19,710 feet high, and is said to be the highest mountain in Africa. Its western summit is called by the Masai "Ngàje Ngài," the House of God. Close to the western summit there is the dried and frozen carcass of a leopard. No one has explained what the leopard was seeking at that altitude.“
— Ernest Hemingway
„Eros has shaken my mind,wind sweeping down the mountain on oaks“
— Sappho
„Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.“
— Jack Kerouac
„Jove strikes the Titans downNot when they set about their mountain-pilingBut when another rock would crown the work.“
— Robert Browning