Quotes About Adventure

I've got a deep dark suspicion that pretty soon we should start looking around for another planet for ourselves.

Nun war er also endgültig in einer Welt der Magie und des finsteren Zaubers gestrandet.

We wish companionship and renewal of spirit, enrichment of thought and the full adventure of the mind; and we desire fair company, and a larger world in which to find them.

I think crime pays. The hours are good, you meet a lot of interesting people, you travel a lot.

If you're not failing now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe.

I travelled among unknown men in lands beyond the sea . . .

When I 'bout 17 I left Kentucky and goes to Indiana and white folks sends me to school to larn readin' and writin', but I got tired of dat and run off and jine de army. Dat in 1876 and dey sends me to Arizona.

The Truth is Out there

When I have had enough of tears and love, I turn to some poet, and set out again for a new world.

You should take [dogs] to hunt on different grounds at different times, in order that you may experience varieties in the chase, and that you yourself may become acquainted with the country.

The sea! The sea!

I felt an urge to conquer this new village.

Maybe I should let my life open, like a flower; maybe I should fly, like a lonely bird. I shouldn't be blocked by a tree, and I shouldn't be scared about losing one tree, instead of seeing a whole forest.

Walk where your heart leads you, there are no restrictions and no burdens.

Just as books are read one word at a time, roads are taken one step at a time.

Quick now, give up this idle pondering! And let's be off into the great wide world! I tell you: the fool who speculates on things is like some animal on a dry heath, led by an evil fiend in endless circles, while fine green pastures lie on every side.

Meine Weltkugel war bestimmt nicht rund gewesen, sondern wie ein Abendhimmel, in dem die fremden Orte wie Feuerwerk blitzten.

It must be the same for you. Living in Arles is probably like living under the sea, in the Ryügü Palace. You have exotic women to dance for you, and you get all dreamy, smelling flowers you never knew existed, and drinking in the colors of foreign roof tiles, so you never get bored, but then one day you suddenly realise you're outside the current of time, and you want to go home.

Live your life to the fullest; and then, and only then, die. Don't leave any unlived life behind.

I dig science fiction, though it was never really my thing.

I am very happy since when I am in different cities I can experience and learn different cultures!

Vivre, c'est courir des risques tous les jours, Kurt. - Ça dépend dans quel sens on court. (p.47)

An aurora borealis rises over festive orchards; the branches of the trees immediately begin to bud, to blossom, to bend under the weight of their fruit. The child runs through the wild grass, heading for the Wall. It collapses like a big cardboard box, broadening the horizon and exorcising the fields, which extend over the plains as far as the eye can see...Run...And the child runs, laughing all the while, his arms spread out like a bird's wings.

El mundo es de quienes van a buscarlo.