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Quotes About Adventure

It's very dramatic," Ratthi added. "The crew think you're a special security agent who betrayed the company to save us." It was very dramatic, like something out of a historical adventure serial. Also correct in every aspect except for all the facts, like something out of a historical adventure serial.
~ Martha Wells
It was starting to occur to me that Dr. Mensah might actually be an intrepid galactic explorer, even if she didn't look like the ones on the entertainment feed.
~ Martha Wells
At thirty-seven hours since arrival, I sat up. I said, aloud, "That was stupid." Everything was clear, sharp. Note to self, never, ever jump into a gunship with a bot pilot and fight off a construct Attacker code again. You almost deleted yourself, Murderbot.
~ Martha Wells
I don't like planets. There's dust and weather, and something always wants to eat the humans.
~ Martha Wells
I had stopped watching it when the mutants dragged off the group's biologist to eat him. Seriously, this was exactly the kind of situation I was designed to prevent.
~ Martha Wells
Join the Rienish navy. See unusual sights. Never sleep with the lights out again.
~ Martha Wells
Potential Target Leader and their friends aboard Stupid Boat
~ Martha Wells
Kai." Ziede reached up to rub her face, apparently remembered her already ruined makeup, and planted her hands on her hips instead. "Could you manage not to find any more unique ways to destroy yourself until after we find this Hierarch? I don't really care to die alone." "Well, I'll try." It wasn't like Kai could make any promises right now.
~ Martha Wells
ART had threatened to kill me, watched my favorite shows with me, given me a body configuration change, provided excellent tactical support, talked me into pretending to be an augmented human security consultant, saved my clients' lives, and had cleaned up after me when I had to murder some humans. (They were bad humans.) I really missed ART.
~ Martha Wells
Let's investigate the dark cave without that pesky SecUnit" group.
~ Martha Wells
It's a good thing I don't bleed like a human because hostile marine fauna was about all this situation needed.
~ Martha Wells
Don Abene's warm brown skin was lined at the corners of her mouth and eyes, and her long dark hair had strands of white in it, but for all I knew it was a cosmetic choice. She laughed and her dark eyes crinkled. "We're finally going, Miki!
~ Martha Wells
That was stupid." Everything was clear, sharp. Note to self, never, ever jump into a gunship with a bot pilot and fight off a construct Attacker code again. You almost deleted yourself, Murderbot
~ Martha Wells
If people won't be shooting at me what will I be doing?" Maybe I could be her bodyguard. "I think you can learn to do anything you want." She smiled. "We'll talk about that when we get you home.
~ Martha Wells
It was going to be a long trip.
~ Martha Wells
I've never been on a contract on an uninhabited planet because if I was on the planet on a contract then we'd be inhabiting it.)
~ Martha Wells
Asshole Research Transport
~ Martha Wells
Si le pasaba algo al transporte, tendrían que volver a pata. Y nadarían, ya que había una masa de agua del tamaño de un océano entre esos dos puntos del mapa.
~ Martha Wells
The biggest compendium is life; one day it's Cluedo the next Snakes and ladders
~ Unknown
I do not accept any absolute formulas for living. No preconceived code can see ahead to everything that can happen in a man's life. As we live, we grow and our beliefs change. They must change. So I think we should live with this constant discovery. We should be open to this adventure in heightened awareness of living. We should stake our whole existence on our willingness to explore and experience.
~ Martin Buber
All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.
~ Martin Buber
I do not accept any absolute formulas for living. No preconceived code can see ahead to everything that can happen in a man's life. As we live, we grow and our beliefs change. They must change. So I think we should live with this constant discovery. We should be open to this adventure in heightened awareness of living. We should stake our whole existence on our willingness to explore and experience.
~ Martin Buber
Play is the exultation of the possible.
~ Martin Buber
deeds," Stanley remembered later.
~ Unknown