Quotes About Adventure

Quark!--the Quarkbeast

For God's sake, Mother," he said in an exasperated tone, "is there nothing dumb, daft or dangerous that you haven't tried at some point?

We require only a grenade launcher, six pounds of industrial-strength licorice, two spells of Class VIII complexity, a shipping container, a side of bacon, an automobile, several homing snails, a ladder, and two people to act as bait.

It is written.

It was a brilliant move on my part—if you didn't count the almost-certain-death aspect of the plan.

Nine good men fell to the Questing Beast that night. The officers would all be awarded the SpecOps Star for 'Conspicuous bravery in the face of Other'.

Sometimes living in the BookWorld is like living in Legoland.

No one's going to be killing any Dragons,' said the Princess. 'It is my order.' 'I'm a knight,' he said simply, 'killing Dragons is what I do.' 'And burning idiots like you to powdered charcoal,' said Colin, 'is what we do.

Jasper Fforde

Why does everyone think I've been in prison?" "Because you were heading towards either death or prison when we last met—and you are not dead.

Life, I decided, would be good, and more than that, unusual .

O brave new world, that has such stories in't!

Jasper Fforde

They continue to eat porridge and take long walks in the forest.

It occurred to him that perhaps the Dark One had got a bum deal -- Demetrios would have made his own way to hell in the fullness of time, without an Allegro Equipe to take him there.

We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.

The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.

There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.

Launching a sustained assault on the citadel of good times.

Grumman twin-engine Goose

Professor Bullfinch had taken up the obsidian ax, and he hefted it thoughtfully. "I should hate to have to turn this against a person," he said. "Still, a scientist should not shrink from new experiences

Piece of cake." Brandon's grin had a certain very familiar male cockiness about it. "Dad says this time around I was his sucker punch." His grin faded slightly and his expression grew more serious as he continued. "But when we realized you were in danger, Dad went wild. I doubt if any car, even that old 'vette Dad used to drive, ever made the kind of time on River Road your Buick made last night. Dad really is a hell of a driver, isn't he?

Embrace the unknown. It is the only certainty.

that old energy in the caves, you know. People who spend