Quotes About Adventure

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Curiosity killed the—Bex!

My inner Boy Scout had to try." If this guy had an inner Boy Scout, I had an inner flamingo.

Reizen,' flapte ik eruit. 'Ik heb altijd al willen reizen.

You're going to fall," I told him. He smirked. "An interesting proposition.

This is some double-oh-seven-level shift right here, Ave. I'm motherfaxing James Bond, motherfaxers!

All great lives should have at least one grand mystery.

For everyone out there who has the good sense to be a little afraid when swimming in deep, dark water. You tell yourself there's nothing down there, but there is. There always is.

Lexie and I made little paper boats like that and sent them down the canal that flowed to the stream. She'd write messages inside them, hoping they would get carried far away, be picked up by a stranger who would read: I'm being held prisoner, send help, please! This is a note from the other side of the world. Everything is upside down here.

He'd brought his 35 mm camera, the one he used to take photos on his birding trips, and was snapping pictures of it all.

She was his great adventure; his love for her had taken him places he'd never dreamed of going.

The future is uncertain, but that can be a good thing.

Dear friend, You are not a freak. You are wanted. You are necessary. You are the only you there is. Don't be afraid to leave the castle. It's a great big world out there. Love, a fellow reader

Drive anywhere and everywhere, even when there's nowhere to go. (Note: There's always somewhere to go.)

Even when we weren't wandering, even from the floor of your closet, you showed the world to me.

The last wandering

Before I die I want to have kids. Live in London. Own a pet giraffe. Skydive. Divide by zero. Play the piano. Speak French. Write a book. Travel to a different planet. Be a better dad than mine was. Feel good about myself. Go to New York City. Know equality. Live.

Theodore Finch, April 3. "Today is your day. You're off to Great Places! You're off and away!

If anyone can make it to another world, it's Theodore Finch.

I love the thrill of impending, weightless doom...

He leans forward over the handlebars, eyes on me. "I'd go to Hoosier Hill with a beautiful girl.

I think I've got a map in my car that wants to be used, and I think there are places we can go that need to be seen. Maybe no one else will ever visit them and appreciate them or take the time to think they're important, but maybe even the smallest places mean something....Let's go. Let's count for something. Let's get off that ledge.

Get out there and see your state. Go to museums and parks and historic sites. Get yourselves some culture so that when you do leave you can take it.

The future is uncertain, but that can be a good thing" -Finch