Quotes About Adventure

can change the experience of a Tuesday, as you stare out at the summer sky, the stars, and the fireflies punctuating the darkness like little adventures can punctuate time.

Planning one big adventure and one little adventure each week can make life feel like less of a grind. But it's not the only way to lighten up, and many of us could use a lot more cheer in the daily experience of our hours. So, after you've gotten into the rhythm of building in adventures, try adding another component: some weekly note of whimsy too. Whimsy

I suppose I should make all the skis six foot and let Leif grow into them. That way we could all use them easy enough." He shook his head. "I know my wife would love to ski again. You ever seen anyone carry a baby in a sling or backpack while on skis?

She remembered once, years back, she and Deen had snuck away on a Changing night and made a bed in the high grass of the prairie, with their blankets and pillows. When they'd woken up, there had been a mouse, chewing on the pillow between them, and Deen had screamed so loud that Jinny's ears rang.

A planned life is a dead life.

We started out to see some of Paris on foot with him, stopping at the famous Café de la Paix, where you were supposed to see everyone you knew if you just sat there long enough. To sit at a sidewalk café having coffee or a drink – the sound and sight of France all around. The Champs-Elysées was incredible – the chestnut trees – how could one city attain such perfection? Who had dreamed it up? Who had made it all come true? I wanted to see every corner of it.

a road trip with her ex? danger ahead...

Ruby froze as she looked into the friendly green eyes of Baby Face Marshall. And the words of Agent Blacker came shooting back to her. If you see Baby Face, don't bother calling for Mommy, run!

But what were you doing?' asked her father. 'Looking for the Fairbank rubies,' said Ruby merrily. 'The Count tried to kill me with jellyfish, but you know what? I found them anyway and then he tried to kill me with an octopus.

So,' said Ruby, 'tell me gain, what exactly happened out there?' 'Oh, come on Rube!' said her mother laughing. 'We've told you around four times!' But Ruby couldn't get enough of the story - she was kind of proud that her parents had survived such a dicey situation. There was of course another reason for wanting to hear it over and over; it was RULE 14: VERY OFTEN PEOPLE NEGLECT TO TELL THE MOST IMPORTANT DETAIL.

You can be completely sure what might happen next.

Agent Kip Holbrook was Ruby's in-training dive partner and the two of them spent a whole lot of time winding each other up. 'Redfort, you call that a punch - I coulda sworn I just got patted on the nose by a plankton.' 'Holbrook, you call that a nose - I coulda sworn I just spotted a rare and ugly sea cucumber.' They got along like a house on fire.

Dating is all about the chase. It's fun!

Life can be about taking chances and finding really great things and yes, failing sometimes. Or it can be about wondering what if because you never dared to try.

Prancing around with marshmallowss on your nipples does *not* constitute living your life fully!

The world was out there waiting to be explored—and not just waiting, but wanting to be explored. So why in heaven's name shouldn't I investigate every nook and cranny?

Wind in our hair, sun on our skin, school done for the day and stored safely on a shelf til tomorrow…damn, this being alive thing felt frickin awesome.

The poop became a poop mountain; the pee became a pee ocean. And then somehow a Poop and Pee Airline was invented to fly travelers to Poop Mountain and Pee Ocean, although the code name for the airline was Dolphin Airlines, to keep the unsuspecting from being tipped off.

Those seemingly interminable dark walks between houses, long before street-lit safety became an issue, were more adrenalizing than the mountains of candy filling the sack. Sadly Halloween, with our good-natured attempts to protect the little ones, from the increasingly dangerous traffic and increasingly sick adults, has become an utter bore.

Max gripped Zena's hand and they ran for their lives. Their only hope was a nearby swamp. They could hide in the mud and slime, with the snakes and the snapping turtles and the razor-sharp grass. But

Tell you what," Dr. Gage said. "Why don't you and your dad come along with me tomorrow?

He loved when Nate sang shanties — the songs sailors crooned as they did their work.

open prairie. For hours, Oscar had been

But Jess had outgrown that. And anyway, the twins weren't so exactly alike. Eddie was quiet and serious. Sam never shut up and he had a fearless streak that sometimes got all three of them into big trouble.