There is no such sense of solitude as that which we experience upon the silent and vast elevations of great mountains. Lifted high above the level of human sounds and habitations, among the wild expanses and colossal features of Nature, we are thrilled in our loneliness with a strange fear and elation – an ascent above the reach of life's expectations or companionship, and the tremblings of a wild and undefined misgivings.


Best Ghost Stories of J. S. LeFanu (ed. Courier Corporation, 1964) - ISBN: 9780486204154

Sheridan Le Fanu Quotes

There is no such sense of solitude as that which we experience upon the silent and vast elevations of great mountains. Lifted high above the level of ...

There is no such sense of solitude as that which we experience upon the silent and vast elevations of great mountains. Lifted high above the level of ...

There is no such sense of solitude as that which we experience upon the silent and vast elevations of great mountains. Lifted high above the level of ...

There is no such sense of solitude as that which we experience upon the silent and vast elevations of great mountains. Lifted high above the level of ...