Quotes About Adventure

we hunger for other worlds. We long to go beyond the streets we know, beyond our familiar woods and fields, and into the land of Faerie; to Middle-earth, Narnia, or Summerland; to the kingdom east of the sun and west of the moon. This longing isn't incidental.

She was beginning to understand why so few people even tried monster racing. Constant terror is a bit of a distraction

The beanstalk felt like sandpaper".

Up in the room, I heard one of them say, "Did she say how she's getting to Gabriela's? You don't think she'll try to drive herself?" "Nah," another said. "She has more sense than that." Scooping up my bag, I ran for the garage and stole Liam's car.

People do lots of things all the time that aren't guaranteed safe. They decide it's worth the risk.

She wanted to fall into that smile. It made her want to frolic through fields with him, and Kayla had never frolicked through a field in her life.

I shrug and smile amiably the way you do when you're in a foreign country and have no idea what anyone is saying, so you end up grinning and nodding your way into a three-way with a henna vendor and a camel.

I am just going outside and I may be some time

Our fear leads us to say no all the time.

I should have been out there having a wild time like all the other girls my age, but I wasn't. I was going home every night to what was, initially, a very happy marriage.

People Expect Something New From Me All The Time.And That's Good It Keeps Me On The Edge

I loved New York — every inch of it. It was a little bit scary at that time, but still, the excitement was so strong — visually and intellectually. It was like a monster.

People tend to read books about a guy who goes back in time or a guy who is living under a pier.

One of my favorite stories growing up was 'A Wrinkle in Time'. I loved that book.

It was a black and white only computer at the time, but it kept me fascinated.

Being on the move all the time is draining, but the rewards make up for it.

The difference between a fairy tale and a sea tale? A fairy tale starts with "Once upon a time". A sea tale starts with " This ain't no $hit"!

I found fear stimulating. Particularly after you've done something that you'd been frightened of at the time, but you carried through and did the job.

Anyone can have a once-upon-a-time or a happily-ever-after, but it's the journey between that makes the story worth telling.

Playing with decks, for me, has always been about trying new things. I make it a point to keep trying different things, keep pushing it a little bit at a time.

If you know how to live in Vegas you can have the best time.

A land may be said to be discovered the first time a European, presumably an Englishman, sets foot on it.

There was a time when a man was so convinced that the world was round that he was determined to prove it.

Every time something pops in my head, I think twice about it and I do it anyway.