The Eight Mountains Quotes

“If the point at which you immerse yourself in the river is the present, I thought, then the past is the water that has flowed past you, that which has gone downstream and where there is nothing left for you; whereas the future is the water that comes down from above, bringing dangers and surprises. The past is in the valley, the future is in the mountains.”
― Paolo Cognetti, Le otto montagne

“As they say: sometimes you have to take a step backwards in order to move forwards. That is, if you have the humility to admit it to yourself.”
― Paolo Cognetti, Le otto montagne

“You find your place in the world much less predictably than you'd imagine.”
― Paolo Cognetti, Le otto montagne

“Sometimes, love exhausts itself gradually, and sometimes it comes to an end suddenly.”
― Paolo Cognetti, Le otto montagne