Quotes About Exploration

There is no Frigate like a Book To take us Lands away Nor any Coursers like a Page Of prancing Poetry – This Traverse may the poorest take Without oppress of Toll – How frugal is the Chariot That bears the Human Soul –

Être pour soi une aventure, Tel est le destin de l'âme, Suivie d'un seul lévrier : Sa propre identité.

Will there really be a Morning? Is there such a thing as Day? Could I see it from the mountains If I were as tall as they? Has it feet like Water lilies? Has it feathers like a Bird? Is it brought from famous countries Of which I have never heard? Oh some Scholar! Oh some Sailor! Oh some Wise Men from the skies! Please to tell a little Pilgrim Where the place called Morning lies!

There is no frigate like a book, to take us lands away.

XVI: A BOOK. There is no frigate like a book To take us lands away, Nor any coursers like a page Of prancing poetry. This traverse may the poorest take Without oppress of toll; How frugal is the chariot That bears a human soul!

No hay una fragata como un libro para llevarnos a tierras lejanas, ni caballos mejores que una página de piafante poesía. Pueden hacer el viaje los más pobres, no se pagan portazgos, porque no necesita casi nada la carroza que lleva al alma humana.

travel cracks open the globe, shows us people and forests we would never otherwise experience, but ultimately it must also hold a mirror.

Only boring people get bored.

There simply is no way to tread these dangerous waters.

Me and Ma have a deal, we're going to try everything one time so we know what we like.

I looked in my mirror and saw, not myself, but every place I'd never been.

Writing stories is my way of scratching that itch: my escape from the claustrophobia of individuality. It lets me, at least for a while, live more than one life, walk more than one path. Reading, of course, can do the same.

I have tried to use memory and invention together, like two hands engaged in the same muddy work of digging up the past.

The whole point of travel is to learn there's no such thing as normal.

To travel is to turn the pages of the great book of life.

But I go back down near the water with Steppa to look for treasure. We find a white shell like a snail, but when I curl my finger inside, he's gone out. Keep it, say Steppa. But what about when he comes home?

In Room I was safe and Outside is the scary.

Las personas se mueven tanto por el mundo que constantemente se pierden cosas

But what on earth had possessed her, to take a wagon this far beyond nowhere? When

Me and Ma have a deal, we're going to try everything one time so we know what we like.

Idealists foolish enough to throw caution to the winds have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.

En cuanto me instale, volveré a estudiar las estrellas. Seguro que aquí hay un observatorio. Y también profesores que me enseñen a desenvolverme con los pársecs.

Adventures always come to the adventurous, there's no doubt about that!

Yes, we will,' said George. 'Look – that is where the entrance