"Mountain" is a science-fiction short story by Chinese writer Liu Cixin, first published in Science Fiction World in Chengdu in Sichuan Province in January 2006. The short story was included in the collection The Wandering Earth published by Head of Zeus in October 2017.
“I remember at Chamouni – in the very eyes of Mont Blanc – hearing another woman – English also – exclaim to her party – "did you ever see any thing more rural".”
“A man can hardly be a beast or a fool alone on a great mountain.”
“Woher kommen die höchsten Berge? so fragte ich einst. Da lernte ich, daß sie aus dem Meere kommen. Dies Zeugnis ist in ihr Gestein geschrieben und in die Wände ihrer Gipfel. Aus dem Tiefsten muß das Höchste zu seiner Höhe kommen.”
“You must ascend a mountain to learn your relation to matter, and so to your own body, for it is at home there, though you are not.”
“When you reach the top of the mountain, keep climbing.”
“The mountain was in labour, and Jove was afraid, but it brought forth a mouse.”
Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.
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