Quotes About Adventure

Everything changed, and eleven months later, here I was in the middle of the night with a gungho major, playing secret agent, hoping some Frenchie didn't put a bullet in my skull before I gave the Germans and Italians their chance.

Kaz drifted off, lured by the thought of a book he hadn't yet met.

It never came down to two roads at all, or if it did, I took the one less traveled by for a driveway, or the entrance to a mall, or it slipped past like a station off the air while I bent down to fiddle with the dial.

BLOODY HELL, HE JUST PUNCHED THE MOON!

I want to be an Avenger.

Better to head off into the unknown than stay here, where death was most certain

Just go look. That sentiment had been the driving force behind humanity's progress across the ages, a simple imperative fueled by our innate curiosity: to discover what was around the next bend, over the next horizon. It was that same inquisitiveness that impelled us to explore who we are, where we came from, and where we are headed next.

Zijn dit kaartjes voor de eerste klas?' vroeg Kady plotseling... 'En een reservering voor de duurste suite in het Savoy?' ... '... ze pakken het wel heel groots aan,' zei Jake behoedzaam... 'Er zijn vast camera's,' ging hij door... 'Nou, een heel kort reisje dan. Misschien valt het wel mee.

You just can't keep your ass out of trouble, can you?" Kowalski said. The big man had stripped out of his protective wetsuit and wore boots, a pair of knee-length cargo shorts, and a Tommy Bahama shirt.

Tayos Gold: The Archives of Atlantis by Stan Hall

AUTHOR'S NOTE TO READERS: TRUTH OR FICTION Everything in this book is true, except for what's not. I thought I'd end this adventure by splitting those hairs. First, two elements gave birth to this story. I came upon each independently, but I knew there had to be a connection and that Sigma would need to investigate.

You mentioned you had a connection to Antarctica." "I once lived there, but it's been a while. My mom, stepdad, and sister are still there . . . near McMurdo Station.

Laat nog eens wat zien.' 'Pinder, hij is geen getrainde duikelaap die een dansje maakt voor een handvol nootjes.' Toch zag Jake hoe Marika probeerde haar eigen nieuwsgierig te verbergen. Hij zag ook dat haar groene ogen het licht weerkaatsten als smaragden. 'Ik kan jullie wel een paar dingen laten zien,' zei Jake. 'Dat hoeft niet,' zei Marika, maar ze fleurde helemaal op.

coming from the far passageway that led to the smaller

Pini Lupi... Pene Lope. - Jake

Underland: A Deep Time Journey

His friend slammed his shoulder into the door and burst out into the open.

Only Kowalski voiced a dissent. "C'mon, guys. Does that really sound like a place we want to go?

Henry Morton Stanley's rescue of Dr. David Livingstone

She handed him her gun. "Down," she ordered. "Shoot anybody that comes into view." "What about you?" "No, don't shoot me." "I mean where are you going?" "Hunting." Kat had already extinguished their flashlights. She unhooked her night-vision goggles and pulled them over her eyes. "There might be more." She freed a long steel blade from her belt.

Books are keys that open many doors.

Traveling— it had captured my heart, and now my heart was calling me home.

Most men make the voyage of life as if they carried sealed orders which they were not to open till they were fairly in mid-ocean.

There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea, and I no longer wonder at the cruelty of pirates.