“I am excessively slothful, and wonderfully industrious-by fits. There are epochs when any kind of mental exercise is torture, and when nothing yields me pleasure but the solitary communion with the 'mountains & the woods'-the 'altars' of Byron. I have thus rambled and dreamed away whole months, and awake, at last, to a sort of mania for composition. Then I scribble all day, and read all night, so long as the disease endures.” KindLongWholeLastsNightPleasureMonthsFitExerciseMountainDiseaseDepressionEndureWoodsAwakeTortureYieldSolitaryCompositionCommunionAll NightAltarsIndustriousManiaByronScribbles Book:The Portable Edgar Allan Poe Source: The Portable Edgar Allan Poe
“Should any man tell you that a mountain had changed its place, you are at liberty to doubt it if you think fit; but if any one tells you that a man has changed his character, do not believe it.” IfsThinkingMenShouldBelieveCharacterLibertyDoubtChangedFitMountain Author:Mehmed the Conqueror
“I like for it to be mountain music or old-time country music or traditional bluegrass. Either one will fit me. It's traditional, basically.” CountryFitMountainTraditionalOld TimeBluegrass Author:Ralph Stanley
“I had read a lot of books on World War II, but I didn't know that downed airmen had hiked over the frozen peaks of the Pyrenees Mountains in shoes that didn't fit, in clothes that weren't warm enough, with German and Spanish patrols searching for them.” KnowsWorldBookWarEnoughFitMountainClothesShoesWarmWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War IFrozenAirmen Author:Megan Chance
“You don't climb mountains without a team, you don't climb mountains without being fit, you don't climb mountains without being prepared and you don't climb mountains without balancing the risks and rewards. And you never climb a mountain on accident - it has to be intentional.” RiskTeamFitMountainPreparedRewardsAccidentsClimbsRisk And Reward Author:Mark Udall