Quotes About Adventure

Jack reads too many books. He thinks we're going to drive all year and have great adventures.

I know that today, with a full tank, and with Annabel, that it's time to go.

That the epic journey of Homo sapiens has taken us from the savannah to space is indisputable, but we do not have one simple, comprehensive account of this multigenerational sojourn—and we never will, no matter how much we excavate. Rather, we have grainy snapshots, faded sketches, souvenirs of mysterious purpose, maps of unspecified scales drawn long after the fact, and stories which change with each storyteller and occasion.

In real life we avoid crisis events. In fiction we seek them out.

Go ahead and break the rules, flip expectations, twist the story world around backwards—as long as it's in the service of your readers.

Being right keeps you in place. Being wrong forces you to explore.

The march of technology expands the space of possibility around us, but how we explore that space is up to us.

When risk is a challenge, fear becomes a compass—literally pointing people in the direction they need to go next

To really achieve anything, you have to be able to tolerate and enjoy risk. It has to become a challenge to look forward to. In all fields, to make exceptional discoveries you need risk—you're just never going to have a breakthrough without it.

As children we are taught not to play with fire, not how to play with fire.

Where–if anywhere–do our actual limits lie?

Un libro es una máquina para fabricar sueños. Está hecho para sacarte de este mundo.

Come on, Rory! It isn't rocket science, it's just quantum physics! -The Doctor (Matt Smith)

The Doctor: Oh, now what's this, then? I love this. A big, flashy-lighty thing. That's what brought me here. Big, flashy-lighty things have got me written all over them. Not actually, but give me time... and a crayon.

The Doctor: Just had a fall. All the way down there, right to the library. Heck of a climb back up. Amelia: You're soaking wet. The Doctor: I was in the swimming pool. Amelia: You said you were in the library. The Doctor: So was the swimming pool.

A horse must be a bit mad to be a good cavalry mount, and its rider must be completely so.

LSSU] was the kind of school where students had a lot of pride. Not the raucous strain of sports pride... And not academic pride... It was more of a geographical pride. Kids were proud to live in that tough wilderness setting, and the best way to prove your mettle was through achievements in the wild.

One August day a few years back, my friend Dan Bogan and I spent a whole day up on a hill that was shaped like a woman's chest. We were hiding in the cleavage, out of sight.

When I was done plucking the birds, the blood and the scattering of white feathers gave my campsite the appearance of a pillow fight gone horribly wrong.

The whining and fighting during that two-hour car ride to the lake may make you want to bag the whole trip. No matter what, though, stick with it. I have faith that you'll eventually find, or reconnect with, the addictive qualities of nature.

Try to remember that they're the reason you're out there—that their experience comes first. Adjust your pace to hike with them and set goals together for reaching certain landmarks or distances.

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I just had a crazy, wild imagination all my life, and science fiction is the greatest outlet for me. Steven Spielberg