Quotes About Journey

In childhood, Lib remembered, family seemed as necessary and inescapable as a ring of mountains. One never imagined that as the decades went by, one might drift into an unbounded country.

Sometimes Artt wishes he'd never set eyes on either of these stupid men; had set out alone in search of his island. Could he have managed the voyage on his own? It might have been better to make the attempt, and die trying.

It was only a path through the woods, I told myself. Tangled and faint and looping but a path just the same, and didn't every path have an end?

And how will we recognise our island?' Trian wonders. 'By a sign of some kind.' Cormac realises something: the Prior doesn't know. Trian hesitates as if about to say more, but doesn't. It comes to Cormac that maybe it's their fault the boat hasn't reached the island yet, his and Trian's. We of little faith.

Thinking that maybe we were indeed the sport of the stars. With their invisible silks, they tugged us this way and that.

People move around so much out in the world, things get lost all the time.

God is our pilot now, and we'll go wherever his breath blows us.

We intersect. He says he thanks every star that we existed on the same celestial plain. But here we are on earth, dirty, well used, a man-made throughway for intersecting dreams.

We're born alone and we die alone, but we get to travel with people along the way, and if you get lucky, you have a worthy consort.

You may right now be nursing a broken heart. Friends will say, Aren't you glad you had the experience anyway? And you may say No. Eventually, unbelievably, you may not remember the boy that triggered it all. You'll recall all the places you visited, but not how you got there. You'll remember the songs that you listened to.

Thus Dante's motto over Inferno applies with equal force to marriage. Ye who enter here leave all hope behind.

No matter how unattractive or how dangerous the road ahead may be, it is better than the road back. The road ahead may be veiled from sight—but you must teach yourself to regard the unknown as friendly. Remember that God is always on the road ahead. … cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee (Psalm 143:8).

Remembering is mental time travel.

Yes, we will,' said George. 'Look – that is where the entrance

Off to Kirrin Island

pointing. 'And if so, it looks as if tomorrow we ought to come to those hills above the lake. Then we

The three children had no chance to visit the

do we?' 'Let's explore the island, let's explore

for anyone to get lost. After about ten minutes

CHAPTER FIFTEEN An interesting day

19. FIVE GO TO DEMON'S ROCKS

La relación de unas cosas con otras iba borrando, poco a poco, las cosas. Versos sin palabras. Formas sin figuras. No bien partía un barco de oro de la orilla cuando ya no era orilla ni barco ni partía.

Orion sniffed. Good. Then, worthy centaur, perhaps you could give me a ride to the village on your way back. Then I can make a few pennies wth my verses while you build us a shack and perform circus tricks for passersby. This was such a surprising statement that Foaly briefly considered jumping into the hole to get away.

Orion sniffed. Good. Then, worthy centaur, perhaps you could give me a ride to the village on your back. Then I can make a few pennies with my verses while you build us a shack and perform circus tricks for passerby. This was such a surprising statement that Foaly briefly considered jumping into the hole to get away.