Author Quotes and aphorisms about mountains Sam Weller Helen Keller Gertrude Stein Jules Verne Thomas Merton Victor Hugo Pliny the Elder ,, Our forefathers regarded as a prodigy the passage of the Alps: first by Hannibal and, more recently... George William Curtis Sebastian Junger ,, I don't think people would climb mountains or jump off bridges with parachutes or kayak Class V rap... Johannes Vilhelm Jensen