Quotes About Adventure

The Sun and Fortune were taking me to the Emperor.

When I'd gotten older, she'd taught me to read on my own, telling me, "If you ever doan like where you are, open a book, and it'll take you somewhere else. It's a kind of magic, cher.

We cross the point of no return. . . .

Relax, I'm just going in up to my waist. And what about the piranhas? I doubt the fishies'll snack on anything critical. He leaned in to murmur at her ear, They only go for small prey.

It's good to leave behind all that is comfortable and known every so often. It opens one's mind to the wide world.

But I wasn't called, Karigan said. Are you so sure? The captain smiled. The valling to become a rider comes in a variety of ways. Perhaps you are right about iT being the situation: F'ryan's dying, you being right there. She shrugged. Their qualities are peculiar. They seem to attract strange adventures and extraordinary people to the wearer. Some belive iT is just the nature of the job, of being a king's Messenger, yet others believe iT is the magic.

The brain could go just about anywhere with anything.

You know about Star Trek? came out of Stark's mouth before his brain could stop it. Again, the warrior shrugged. We do have the satellite.

You know about Star Trek? came out of Stark's mouth before his brain could stop it. Again, the warrior shrugged. We do have satellite.

Life is about messing up. And I'm startin' to think it wouldn't be as exciting if we were perfect.

One thing I can tell you for sure is this: we only regret what we don't do in life.

Tante Isabelle says it's better to be bold than meek. She says if you jump off a cliff at least you'll fly before you fall.

Desde James Joyce, sabemos que a maior aventura de nossa vida é a ausência de aventuras.

Being in a foreign country means walking a tightrope high above the ground without the net afforded a person by the country where he has family, colleagues, and friends, and where he can easily say what he has to say in a language he has known since childhood.

Betrayal means breaking ranks and going off into the unknown. Sabina knew of nothing more magnificent than going off into the unknown.

Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation. It is the invitation to water the seed of courage found deep within your heart. Kurt Bruner's and Jim Ware's book from 2006, Finding God in the Lord of the Rings.

Come l'ardita e cupa prora di una nave, l'Aiguille Noire fende i flutti dell'aria portati dalla tempesta. Ciuffi di nubi salgono verticali sopra la cresta, come bandiere. Noi invece siamo qui, schiacciati contro la parete. Le nebbie fluttuano sopra di noi, sprazzi di luce, là dove comincia la neve.

A ogni movimento devo avere tre punti d'appoggio, come dice la vecchia regola dell'alpinismo, o due mani e un piede, o due piedi e una mano, mentre l'altro, piede o mano, cerca il nuovo appiglio.

Two weeks ago I didn't know what it felt like . . . to be pressed against a wall, to be propped up on a desk, to be made love to on the floor of the Venetian.

but rules are made to be broken.

I find I learn much more by traveling than by staying at home.

The Scarecrow watched the Woodman while he worked and said to him I cannot think why this wall is here nor what it is made of. Rest you brains and do not worry about the wall, replied the Woodman, when we have climbed over it we shall know what is on the other side.

From the Land of Oz," said Dorothy, gravely. "And here is Toto, too. And oh, Aunt Em! I'm so glad to be at home again!

Then, to their surprise, they found before them a high wall which seemed to be made of white china. It was smooth, like the surface of a dish, and higher than their heads.