Quotes About Adventure

Because you aren't afraid to kiss the dirt (and consequently dare to climb the sky)

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

Jamie liked perspiration, a little bit of dirt, and complications.

Listen; there's a hell of a good universe next door: let's go.

somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond

for every mile the feet go the heart goes nine

dead says come with me he says(andwhyevernot)into the round well and see the kitten and the penny and the jackknife and the rosebug and you say Sure you say (like that) sure i'll come with you you say for i like kittens i do and jackknives i do and pennies i do and rosebugs i do

Damn everything but the Circus!

let's go said he not too far said she what's too far said he where you are said she

Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit." —E. E. Cummings

It's like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way

Only a fool would call anywhere in this land a place and everywhere else a journey to it.

You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

Therefore, she decided that her leaving home would not be just running from somewhere but would be running to somewhere.

I keep telling you that often the search proves more profitable than the goal.

He also learned to regard each port of call as part of the journey and not as destination. Every voyage begins when you do.

Becoming a team didn't mean the end of their arguments. But it did mean that the arguments became a part of the adventure, became discussions not threats. To an outsider the arguments would appear to be the same because feeling like part of a team is something that happens invisibly. You might call it caring. You could even call it love.

Angel became part of Claudia's story about finding herself, about how the greatest adventure lies not in running away but in looking inside, and the greatest discovery is not in finding out who made a statue but in finding out what makes you.

The adventure is over. Everything gets over, and nothing is ever enough. Except the part you carry with you.

The adventure is over. Everything gets over, and nothing is ever enough. Except the part you carry with you. It's the same as going on a vacation. Some people spend all their time on a vacation taking pictures so that when they get home they can show their friends evidence that they had a good time. They don't pause to let the vacation enter inside of them and take that home." ? E. L. Konigsburg, From The Mixed Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Therefore, she decided that her leaving home would not be just running from somewhere but would be running to somewhere. To a large place, a comfortable place, an indoor place, and preferably a beautiful place. And that's why she decided upon the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as the headlights but you can make the whole trip that way.

Adventures do occur, but not punctually.

Italy is a country every man should love once.