“The air upstate is almost indescribably refreshing. Soothing and invigorating, it slips over the skin like a lover's caress. The waters of our lakes, ponds and brooks will wash you clean and leave you utterly quenched. Float down the river one long, lazy afternoon and the way you see life will chang…”— Laura Silverman, theoutsideinstitute.org
“Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue; indeed the body seems one palate, and tingles equally throughout.”— John Muir, amazon.com
“The doctor's office is on the other side of town. That's a whole hour each way, if I walk slow. An hour of outside and rain and flowers and fresh fucking air.”— Margaret Atwood, Leila Gerstein, Offred (June Osborne), Elisabeth Moss, imdb.com
“Well, look at it this way. We drop the dog off in front of somebody's house in the country. They find it and adopt it. Now the dog is prancing in the fields. Dancing and prancing. Fresh air. Dandelions. We're doing this dog a real favor.”— Larry David, Cosmo Kramer, Michael Richards, imdb.com
“We do not belong to those who have ideas only among books, when stimulated by books. It is our habit to think outdoors —walking, leaping, climbing, dancing, preferably on lonely mountains or near the sea where even the trails become thoughtful. Our first questions about the value of a book, of a hum…”— Friedrich Nietzsche, amazon.com
“I know that our bodies were made to thrive only in pure air, and the scenes in which pure air is found.”— John Muir, amazon.com