Quotes About Adventure

How many cities have revealed themselves to me in the marches I undertook in the pursuit of books!

I'm still ready to go to the moon, if they'll take me.

Alexander Ramsay, known to his friends back home in New York City as Alec

The Shars seethed in the dim light of their ruddy sun. Pointed faces raised to the sky, they sniffed the faint wind for sign of the stranger and scented only hydrocarbons, far-off vegetations, damp fur, the sweat of excitement and fear.

Those who were cowards never started, and those who were weak were lost on the way, but the brave find a home in every land.

Neither does man have gills for living in a water environment yet it is not sinful to explore the depths of the oceans in search of food or other blessings.

I look for something that is highly unusual, involving ordinary people caught in extraordinary situations.

Stelle Dich an den Abrgund der Hölle Und tanze zur Musik der Sterne!

Da ist auch noch ein anderer Geruch in der Luft, der Geruch von Feuern, die in der Ferne brennen, mit einem Hauch Zimt darin - so riecht das Abenteuer!

The written word is redundant on the high seas. Why? Because paper gets wet too easily.

I simply wasn't born to remain in the same place for evermore...

There's a reason for every journey, and mine was prompted by boredom and the recklessness of youth, by a wish to break the bounds of my normal existence and familiarise myself with life and the world at large.

Rumo!" said Rumo. "That's right!" Smyke exclaimed. "You Rumo, me Smyke." "You Rumo, me Smyke." Rumo repeated eagerly. "No, no." Smyke chuckled.

There are worse things in life than dragons. Falling in love, for instance.

Nog één ding, jongen, wat je in je oren moet knopen: het gaat niet om hoe een verhaal begint. Ook niet om hoe het eindigt. Maar om wat daartussenin gebeurt.

I've never thought much of strictly organised and methodical study. You can't arrange a library in alphabetical order until you've collected one.

Wohin gehen wir denn?" "In den Keller." "schloss Schattenhall hat einen Keller?" "Natürlich", sagte Homunkoloss. "Jedes unheimliche Schloss hat einen Keller" (S. 402)

Only those intrepid souls who are prepared to join Yarnspinner on his perilous journey should read this book. We wish the rest of you a long, safe, unutterably dull and boring life!

Von den Sternen kommen wir, zu den Sternen gehen wir. Das Leben ist nur eine Reise in die Fremde.

Es kommt nicht darauf an, wie eine Geschichte anfängt. Auch nicht darauf, wie sie aufhört. Sondern auf das, was dazwischen passiert.

Writers are there to write, not experience things. If you want to experience things, become a pirate or a Bookhunter. If you want to write, write. If you can't find the makings of a story inside yourself, you won't find them anywhere.

Ordinary folk prefer familiar tastes - they'd sooner eat the same things all the time - but a gourmet would sample a fried park bench just to know how it tastes.

A bluebear has twenty-seven lives. I shall recount thirteen-and-a-half of them in this book but keep quiet about the rest. A bear must have his secrets, after all; they make him seem attractive and mysterious.

What we have to do is to be forever curiously testing new opinions and courting new impressions.