Quotes About Adventure

That was interesting, riding in the trunk, Milo said, but I wouldn't want to do it again.

So I flew to Bombay. This is not so illogical if you realize three things: that a stint in India will beat the restlessness out of any living creature; that a little money can go a long way there; and that a novel set in Portugal in 1939 may have very little to do with Portugal in 1939. I

wild are, in practice

So I drifted. Winds and currents decided where I went. Time became distance for me in the way it is for all mortals—I travelled down the road of life—and I did other things with my fingers than try to measure latitude.

There are two ways that you can learn about the world. You can travel or you can read.

Finally it doesn't matter whether you're a cork on the water or a man chasing his own grail.

It was not an adventure; it was my life.

Spy (1973) Many years ago, I was sent to spy out the land beyond the age of thirty. And I stayed there and didn't go back to my senders, so as not to be made to tell about this land and made to lie.

We're lost, but we're making good time.

You can be very wild and still be very wise.

Confessions of an Eco-Warrior

You climb the mountains or visit the wilderness but leave no trace of having been there.

The future's another country, man... And I still ain't got a passport.

Not everyone wants this conventional little life you're rowing your boat toward. I like my river of fire. And when it's time for me to go I fully intend to roll off my one-person dinghy into the flames and be consumed. I'm not afraid.

And drunk men take dares like they take breaths.

Ryan was convinced of the aging fifties motto 'Live fast, die young', and, though his scooter didn't do more than 22 m.p.h. downhill, he liked to warn Clara in grim tones not to get 'too involved', for he wouldn't be here long; he was 'going out' early and with a 'bang'".

Ryan was convinced of the ageing fifties motto 'Live fast, die young', and, though his scooter didn't do more than 22 m.p.h. downhill...

Even if you fear it you're curious to see it.

Rightfully she should have been fearful of life. Instead she was recklessly bold.

I saw a bush taxi rumble down the one good road in the moonlight. Kids hung from it even at this hour, and three young men lay on their bellies on its roof, holding down a mattress with the weight of their own bodies. I felt that wave of absurdity, of pointlessness, that usually caught me in the earliest hours.

Mister Hawe, you come along, not satisfied with ropin

Fishing keeps men boys longer than any other pursuit

Ken thrilled in all his being.

Give me four days. If I'm not back in four days you'll know I'm dead. For that only shall keep me. Oh! Bess, I'll come back. There's danger—I wouldn't lie to you—but I can take care of myself.