Quotes About Adventure

after all, what is a planet but an island in space?

In my experience,' he told me, 'if you run away from a thing just because you don't like it you don't know what you find either. Now running to a thing, that's a different matter, but what would you want to run to?

After all, it wouldn't be the first time that I'd let a beautiful woman rip the molecules of my body apart, shoot them through a light beam, and throw them back together somewhere else for credits. But that's another story...

It's a tricky balancing act, finding that point between safety and danger where you can feel both secure and adventurous. I used to read books about fishing by people who had given up jobs and careers to show up every day at a trout stream. What made them do it? They realized, after years of fortifying the walls, of making life safe and secure, that they also needed what was on the other side.

Jim sat back, taking her hand. "We're going to have a terrific time, sweetheart. Just like the farty-looking couples in the brochures. It'll be great.

They don't take the Bible as a general thing, sailors don't; though I will say that I never saw the man at sea who didn't give it the credit of being an uncommon good yarn. ("Kentucky's Ghost")

She could not go on a bus without having an adventure, usually brought about by not minding her own business, and there was always some curious incident to relate to Vinny when he returned home in the evening.

La catastrofe de la vejez residía en no atreverse a ir a cualquier parte, en resignarse a perder la libertad

We laughed, then Keir took my hand. "I've something to show Lara down by the river. We will return." Marcus put his hands on his hips. "None of that, now. There's a celebration to start, and no time for 'showing' her—" Keir cut him off, as I blushed. "We'll be back in time." Marcus gave him an evil smile. "I'll have the first meats waiting." Keir grimaced, and grabbed my hand. "Come, Lara.

Love shouldn't be safe

If I am very lucky - I mean if I am clever about it - I will get myself shot. Here, soon.

I have nothing to lose. I am going to dare it. I will aim for the sun.

She gave me a dirty look. Then she broke into the bubbly champagne laugh. She turned and ran, limping but steady. She laughed over her shoulder, letting out the line as I held the kite above my head. "Run with me, Rose," she cried.

I need complicated railroad journeys and people speaking to me in foreign languages to keep me happy. I want to see the world and write stories about everything I see.

I seem to be good at asking for trouble.

Rose: But when you're in the air, and the sky above you is a sea of gray mist and the land below you is all green, the silver balloons float in between like a school of shining silver whales, bobbing a little in the wind. They are as big as buses, and I and every other pilot have a healthy fear of them because their teathering cables are loaded with explosives to try to snarl up enemy aircraft.

Here you are, painting the town red, alone with two young men you only met just last week in a shady night club playing illegal music in a foreign country. Come on." He pulled at my hand persuasively, I'll bet you know how to Fox-Trot.

Follow them," said Goewin, "and listen." So he did.

Joy of Backpacking,

Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather, take possession of what is my birthright, my inheritance.

One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm.

Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to do something they are a bit afraid of.

Certain travellers give the impression that they keep moving because only then do they feel fully alive.

One travels to learn once more how to marvel at life in the way a child does.