the true mark of long acquaintance with a single place is a readiness to accept uncertainty: a contentment with the knowledge that you must not seek complete knowledge.
“To aim for the highest point is not the only way to climb a mountain.”
― The Living Mountain
― The Living Mountain
“I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.”
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“The presence of a person does not destruct from, but enhances the silence, if if the other person is the right sort of hill companion. The perfect hill companion is the one whose identity is for the time being merged in that of the mountains, as you feel your own to be.”
― The Living Mountain
― The Living Mountain
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