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Sara is Currently Reading

Sara G. is currently reading

Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow: The Dark Side of Extreme Adventure

by Maria Coffey

bookshelves: nature, non-fiction, survival-exploration, disasters, currently-reading

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Aug 14, 2022 03:49PM

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The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

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The words felt like ashes in her mouth. She knew every word that had ever been spoken, but she could think of nothing to say that might ease his grief. All she could do was wipe away his tears with the tips of her fingers.

Sara’s Quotes

“Those who travel to mountain-tops are half in love with themselves, and half in love with oblivion.”
― Robert Macfarlane, Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination

tags: adventure, arrogance, humility, inspirational, mountaineering, mountains, oblivion

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“And this is what happened, ands this is why the caribou and the wolf are one; for the caribou feeds the wolf, but it is the wolf that keeps the caribou strong.”
― Farley Mowat

tags: eskimo-folklore, wild-life, wilderness, wolves

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“The mountains are calling and I must go.”
― John Muir

tags: nature

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“A dream, all a dream, that ends in nothing, and leaves the sleeper where he lay down, but I wish you to know that you inspired it.”
― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

tags: dreams

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“He knew one of the women well, and had shared his universe with her. They had seen the same mountains, and the same trees, although each of them had seem them differently. She knew his weaknesses, his moments of hatred, of despair. Yet she was there at his side. They shared the same universe.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Valkyries

tags: life, love, relationships

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