Quotes About Exploration

Whatever we think of the border, it's important to recognise it as a limitation of Area X.

They had their lives, and I had mine. I liked most of all pretending to be a biologist, and pretending often leads to becoming a reasonable facsimile of what you mimic, even if only from a distance

There are countless things in this vast universe that humankind does not know.

If I went rummaging through your carcass, would I find you?

You could know the what of something forever and never discover the why.

What can you do when your five senses are not enough?

It had all ended with the translator and her flying through the sun and then somehow converting the energy of the passage into something called spatial translation and threading.

There would be no moon maps in Frank Borman's house, however

Every step of the walk unburdens us of what we have just seen and thought while it simultaneously thrusts us into the previously unknown.

I dug wild mushrooms out of a jungle in Gabon, plucked 'Vanilla pompona' orchids from Madagascar treetops, tracked down Sichuan hot pot pepper in a seedy back alley in Shanghai. I've sniffed test tubes filled with scents that are not of this earth. But I have never quite been struck the way I have been struck by your apple.

That's the way both they and I travel sometimes. Pick road at random, and when it's time to pull over, you pull over and hope you can find a place to crash.

Whatever happens next, I'm sure it's going to be a great adventure.

We had decided to go with "These Boots Are Made for Walkin

I know you will find what's missing.

Lost in the Library

Even if we could memorize the map, it's hard to know where we're going without having seen inside ahead of time.

Do either of you like...dragons The girl with the ribbon lights up like a firefly. I've always wanted to meet a dragon! Bingo!

Leaving is hard, even when a great adventure awaits you.

What about Wee Squirl? --Rose MacDonell

Making a big fat deal out of anything is absurd. It makes much more sense to go after life with a sense of, "Why not?" instead of a furrowed brow. One of the best things I ever did was make my motto "I just wanna see what I can get away with." It takes all the pressure off, puts the punk rock attitude in, and reminds me that life is but a game.

Nobody who ever accomplished anything big or new or worth raising a celebratory fist in the air did it from their comfort zone.

You can't experience new lands from the confines of your comfort zone.

don't have to know exactly where it's going to take you, you just need to start with one thing that feels right and keep following right-feeling things and see where they lead.

Take the first step in the direction toward something that feels right and see where it leads you. And do it NOW. 3.