Quotes About Adventure

I have never heard a fisherman say that he loves the sea.

But, it's not about the ending. It's about the ride. Yes, they're going to end up together. That's the whole point. But I read the book because I want to take part in the ride. I want to tag along, sit in the back seat and watch, see how they get there.

I think that life is a bit like a biscuit that you only get one bite at. The best thing is to just go for it. If you feel an inclination for something, just go for it. Life is too short to muck about doubting yourself. It's better to try and just shore yourself up with some sort of confidence. And get on with it!

So I went instead and tasted Taki's new white wine. Spiridion! what a wine...like the blood of a dragon and smooth as a fish...

Here in Corfu,' said Theodore, his eyes twinkling with pride, 'anything can happen.

sun-bleached boat

they say that when you get old, as I am, your body slows down. I don't believe it. No, I think that is quite wrong. I have a theory that you do not slow down at all, but that life slows down for you. You understand me? Everything becomes languid, as it were, and you can notice so much more when things sre in slow motion. The things you see! The extraordinary things that happen all around you, that you never even suspected before. It really is a delightful adventure, quite delightful.

Roger and I would make our way down through the breathless olive groves, vibrating with the cries of the cicadas, and pad our way along the dusty road, Roger sneezing voluptuously as his great paws stirred up the dust, which went up his nose like snuff.

This is good eating,' whispered Taki to my surprise, for the fish, if anything, looked highly poisonous.

Imitai lo stile del Boy's Own Paper, sicchè ogni capitolo finiva nel momento più emozionante, con mamma aggredita da un giaguaro o Larry che si dibatteva tra le spire di un enorme pitone.

The bear, I decided, had got to become mine. The dogs and my other animals would soon get used to it and together we could go waltzing over the hillsides.

Secondo me, bisogna trovargli un nuovo istitutore», disse Larry. «Ti allontani da casa cinque minuti, e quando torni, lo trovi che sta sbudellando Moby Dick nel portico.»

The trouble with you hunting blokes is lack of imagination,' said Larry critically. 'I supply magnificent ideas – all you have to do is to try them out. But no, you condemn them out of hand.

Talking cheerfully, we would set out, and the dogs, tongues lolling, tails wagging, would leave the shade of the tangerine trees and follow us.

The dogs would fan out ahead of us, cocking their legs, snuffling in the dark holes that honeycombed the great, ancient olive trees, and dashing off in noisy and futile pursuit of the swallows

Olvidándome de mi inminente peligro de ser educado, salí con Roger a cazar luciérnagas por entre las abundantes zarzas

Es la vida la que va frenando a los ojos de uno. Todo se hace más pausado, por así decirlo, y al contemplar las cosas a cámara lenta se aprecia mucho más. ¡Qué cosas se ven entonces! ¡Qué cosas tan extraordinarias se revelan a nuestro alrededor, que antes ni siquiera habíamos sospechado! ¡Es verdaderamente una aventura encantadora, deliciosa!

I visualized myself walking proudly through the olive groves, preceded by the dogs, Ulysses, and my two magpies, and trotting at my heels, four tame hedgehogs, all of which I would have taught to do tricks.

They were maps that lived, maps that one could study, frown over, and add to; maps, in short, that really meant something.

Beyond the East the sunrise, beyond the West the sea. And the East and West the wander-thirst that will not let me be.

beyond the east of the sunrise,beyond the west of the sea, and the east and west, the wander thirst. that will not let me be.

There are many technical workers who enjoy wandering so much that, like Alice in Wonderland, they don't much care where they go, so long as they get somewhere.

Brave? Or stupid?" Roger shrugged. "I've never been quite sure where brave stopped and stupid began, myself.

Adventure is something that happens to someone else. When it's happening to you, it's only trouble.