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

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

topic: Anger, Shoes, Hiking, Grains Of Sand, Climbing Mountain

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

topic: Happiness, Nature, Air, Beautiful Nature, Mountain Air

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

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

topic: Wind, Medicine, Air, Mountain Air, Walks In Nature

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

- Anne Lamott

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

topic: Air, Grace, Mountain, Mountain Air

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

- John Muir

topic: Rocks, Air, Hands, Mountain Air

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

topic: Workout, Air, Breathing, Aspens, Mountain Air

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

topic: Sweet, Hurt, Dad, Ledges, Mountain Air

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

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

topic: Lying, Sadness, America, Lethargy, Mountain Air