Thou hast a voice, great Mountain, to repeal
Large codes of fraud and woe; not understood
By all, but which the wise, and great, and good
Interpret, or make felt, or deeply feel.
-Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mont Blanc
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Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing?
Can one really explain this? no.
Just as one can never learn how to paint.
-Pablo Picasso, Arts de France
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Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tip-toe on the misty mountain-tops.
-Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, III, 5
I take very seriously the task of awakening,
in as many people as possible,
a deeper understanding
of the awe-inspiring wonder of nature
and I am fanatically eager
to gain proselytes.
-Konrad Lorenz
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The great mountains of the world are a great
remedy if men but did know it against our
modern discontent and ambitions. In the hills
is wisdom's fount. They are deep in time.
-E. R. Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros
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At times it will be sweet and magnificent,
Others rough and prickly.
We will grow through triumph and struggle.
Our care will blossom this rose.
Separate we are just wilted petals,
Together we pull together to create the best thing on earth.
We need the constant care we share,
Without it we wilt and die.
-Becky Trochmann, Our friendship is like a rose
At times we have bathed in sun shine and star light,
Others thunder and lightening.
We will grow side by side,
Our affection will melt the winter ice.
In fog we searched for each other in silence,
Together we soar high into the blue sky.
We cultivate the common ground on which we share our daily lives,
Without it we crumble and die.
-Randy Wang, Our friendship is like the twin peaks
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