Quotes About Journey

The hand you hold the longest is your own.

Creostus's booming laugh leaves gooseflesh upon my arms. He paces close to me. "Jealous, Priestess? Do you wish to compete for my affections? I should like to see that." "I'm sure you would. But you will die first and so let us journey to Philon, if you please.

Kartik feels like a country I want to travel—vast, dangerous, and unknown.

The dead became the living until the living became the dead.

La vida no viene a buscarte, Memphis. Tienes que ir tú a por ella. Los dos tenemos que ir a por ella. Porque nadie va a servírnosla en bandeja.

He shouldered his backpack and slid his gun in his waistband.

I soon realized that no journey carries one far unless, as it extends into the world around us, it goes an equal distance into the world within.

Wrinkles? They just tell the story of your life

My mother spent all of her life seeking the metaphorical home she called "Mercy Street.

I read somewhere that flying is like throwing your soul into the heavens and racing to catch it as it falls. I don't think mine would ever fall, he murmured, looking at the clear cold sky.

There was no going back...because some roads you just couldn't travel again.

Steven maneuvered the horse among the cattle that strayed from the herd as easily as if Emma hadn't been mounted in front of him, whistling and waving his hat at times. In calmer moments, he told Emma about Fairhaven, his home in Louisiana. He told her how many children they were going to have, and exactly where each one would be conceived. When they got to Spokane, he promised, he was going to take a hotel room and keep her tossing on the mattress for a full day and night. Emma

Alas, the question was too big for a man in the process of dying, alone and far from home.

The last damn thing he needed now was a two-week ride into the Washington Territory. For all he knew, he might come back and find Emma married to that piss-ant banker she seemed to think of so highly. Riding

While appreciating the beauty around her, Eden considered the darkness that lay ahead.

Sometimes this catalyst presents a problem that must be addressed (there's pollution or someone is ill) or a need (the need for a cure, the need to find the killer, the need to find someone who will commit to a true love). Sometimes the catalyst is a disturbance, something jarring that starts an extraordinary journey.

that she must leave the convent to teach seven children (The Sound of Music) or that he's given a chance to fight the champion (Rocky). Although this type of catalyst isn't as forceful as an event, in relationship-based stories it might be very appropriate.

Salva shouldered his way through the crowd until he was standing in front of the list. He raised his head slowly and began reading through the names. There it was. Salva Dut—Rochester, New York. Salva was going to New York. He was going to America!

More than twelve hundred boys arrived safely. It took them a year and a half.

Tree-ear has taken his first step toward his dream. Realizing a dream can be very hard, though. Sometimes, a dream can seem so far away, it almost disappears. But maybe if Tree-ear takes it one hill, one valley, one day at a time, just maybe, he'll be able to make his dream come true.

And one day at a time, the group made its way to Kenya. More than twelve hundred boys arrived safely. It took them a year and a half.

Marial and Uncle were no longer by his side, and they never would be again, but Salva knew that both of them would have wanted him to survive, to finish the trip and reach the Itang refugee camp safely. It was almost as if they had left their strength with him, to help him on his journey.

So then, one thing was certain. Marseille was actually getting ready to make up a train for us....

It's not the flying that's the hard part; it's the landing.