Mountain Air Quotes

• It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.

  Robert W. Service

  Anger, Adversity, Climbing

  "Sand: The Never-ending Story". Book by Michael Welland, p. 30, 2009.

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• I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, "This is what it is to be happy.

  Sylvia Plath

  Happiness, Nature, Air

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• I throw back my head, and, feeling free as the wind, breathe in the fresh mountain air. Although I am heavy-hearted, my spirits are rising. To walk in nature is always good medicine.

  Jean Craighead George

  Wind, Medicine, Air

  Jean Craighead George (1990). “On the far side of the mountain”

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• Sometimes grace is a ribbon of mountain air that gets in through the cracks.

  Anne Lamott

  Air, Grace, Mountain

  Anne Lamott (2008). “Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith”, p.23, Penguin

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• I...am always glad to touch the living rock again and dip my hand in the high mountain air.

  John Muir

  Rocks, Air, Hands

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• I love hiking in the mountains in Aspen. Breathing the clean, fresh air is great. Plus, it gives me a cardiovascular workout and firms my legs.

  Chris Evert

  Workout, Air, Breathing

  Biography/Personal Quotes, labs.imdb.com.

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• Standing Here My entire world far beneath my feet, I should be filled with pride. Instead, I feel overwhelmed by a sense of defeat. Suddenly it comes to me, toes tempted to test the ledge, that there is a way out of this. Clam surety flows through my veins, and as I turn to wave good-bye, I wonder if it will hurt or if a single person will cry at my funeral. I take a deep breath, a final taste of sweet mountain air. I conjure Leona, Emily. Move my feet closer. Closer There's Grandma One, Grandma Two, and their spouses, waiting for me. I see Dad. Cara. Mommy. I screw up my courage, step over

  Ellen Hopkins

  Sweet, Hurt, Dad

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• America is ripe for lies and lethargy. The pure mountain air is going and gone. It is a huge burden and a sadness for us all.

  Ralph Steadman

  Lying, Sadness, Air

  "The Joke's Over". Book by Ralph Steadman, 2006.

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