Quotes About Adventure

A renegade burned out among the stars last night.

His way might be the right way. It is certainly one way. Why not let him proceed and see what happens?

The next journey, the next story, he thought.

If I owned a thousand books, thought Shan, I need never leave this house. Everything in the world could be see through the eyes of those who'd written the stories and histories, who'd lived them.

What if this led only to another, deeper level of the lightless lands?

You followed a story and the story was partly your own.

The ceiling sloped downwards gradually as if teasing him. He kept taking long, measured lungsful of air, sure that every one would be his last, only to find there was time to take another. Then the stone kissed the water, and he had no chance but to descend, feeling blindly with his hands, kicking with his feet.

What an unfortunate time for the wanderlust to strike!

Only the promise of greater comforts kept me travelling.

The world is a fascinating place, and I travel within it. I'm come to places like this to unearth their secrets. There are always plenty.

There is a point when facing the unknown stops being a longed-for adventure and becomes a terrifying reality.

He felt that once the dark of the forest closed over them, they would never see clear sunlight again. Yet it was the kind of fear that excited him, made him want to dare its shadows.

From a crude rocket in a weedy field to Explorer and beyond, the human race had broken the bonds of gravity to which they had been chained since the beginning of time.

Some say that we should stop exploring space, that the cost in human lives is too great. But Columbia's crew would not have wanted that. We are a curious species, always wanting to know what is over the next hill, around the next corner, on the next island. And we have been that way for thousands of years.

I am going to move to St. Petersburg," Boris said, his voice a crisp rasp. "You have relatives there?" Rostnikov said, ignoring the non sequitur. "No, never. That is why I want to go there.

It was life itself that was to be her further school, and she was absorbed in its class.

You are on your quest. That is exciting. If you're balanced, your boat floats on a low tide in the same way as it does on a high tide.

Humans need to be a little crazy, spontaneous, unusual, free-flowing, and creative.

Holly Barker series was a great read for me. Stuart gives short chapters and continued action all through his books.

A Holly Barker Novel

Dino shook his head. "Wherever you go, people drop dead, and women take off their underwear. I don't know how you do either of those things.

People who were personally concerned about a better world, came to Washington, were drawn to it. Even though where we were going was still to be worked out. There was an elan, an optimism . . . an evangelism . . . it was an adventure.

I went searching in a foreign land and found my way home.

Una casa es demasiado pequeña, demasiado restrictiva. Quiero el mundo entero, y también las estrellas.