Quotes about adventures

E.D.E.N. Southworth - Capitola's Peril

The stirring incidents of the last few months had spoiled her the monotony of the last few weeks had bored her and now she had just rode out in quest of adventures.

Erica Sehyun Song - The Pax Valley

Everything was quiet now. It was even too freaky quiet. The house seemed big without anyone else inside. It felt lonely like a ghost town.

G.K. Chesterton - Heretics

A man cannot deserve adventures he cannot earn dragons and hippogriffs.

Sally Ride -

All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky - and Selections from The House of the De

I invented adventures for myself and made up a life, so as at least to live in some way.

Michael McClung - The Thief Who Pulled on Trouble's Braids

I feel obligated to tell you that adventures are, on a whole, stunningly bad ideas, best avoided at all costs.

Teresa Flavin - The Blackhope Enigma

They inched through dense, heart-stopping darkness. In the distance was what looked like a bright white door cut out of a black wall. Sunni tiptoed towards it, puzzled by its brilliance.

Sarah Todd Hammer -

Everyone has adventures in their lives. Some good ones, some bad ones.

E.A. Bucchianeri - Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

Finding a taxi, she felt like a child pressing her nose to the window of a candy store as she watched the changing vista pass by while the twilight descended and the capital became bathed in a translucent misty lavender glow. Entering the city from that airport was truly unique. Charles de Gaulle, built nineteen miles north of the bustling metropolis, ensured that the final point of destination was veiled from the eyes of the traveller as they descended. No doubt, the officials scrupulously plan

Charlotte Eriksson - Empty Roads & Broken Bottles; in search for The Great Perhaps

Horizons, cheap whisky straight from the bottleand your hands in mine.

John Mark Green -

The Ache That Would Not LeaveBehind the hum and routine of daily living, there lay a persistent and wild longing for something she could not easily put into words. It felt like impulsive adventures and watching the sun rise over unfamiliar mountains, or coffee in a street café, set to the background music of a foreign language. It was the smell of the ocean, with dizzying seagulls whirling in a cobalt sky; exotic foods and strange faces, in a city where no one knew her name. She wanted secrets w

Katie Grissom -

Life is about the adventures you take and the memories you make. So travel often and live life with open eyes and an open heart.

Mary E. DeMuth - Everything: What You Give and What You Gain to Become Like Jesus

Jesus wastes none of our stories, even our tales of woe. He transforms them into epic adventures where we dare to face our past for the sake of our present.

Rhonda Patton - African Safari with Ted and Raymond

How much does an elephant weigh?

Nagendra Kumar Y -

Adventures are important things in our life, to forget about our aging.

K.W. Jeter - Morlock Night

Adventures, I reflected, are all very fine but a certain amount of civilised comfort forms the true kernel of our desires.

G.K. Chesterton -

But when first the two black dragons sprang out of the fog upon the small clerk, they had merely the effect of all miracles – they changed the universe. He discovered the fact that all romantics know – that adventures happen on dull days, and not on sunny ones. When the cord of monotony is stretched most tight, it it breaks with a sound like song.

Rhonda Patton -

Did you know in the sea you can find a fish called, SWEETLIPS?"Ted and Raymond's Sea Adventure

Steven Herrick -

Jack reads too many books. He thinks we're going to drive all year and have great adventures.

Anthony T. Hincks -

Endless seas, mean endless adventures.

J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Anything is possible if you've got enough nerve.

Edmond P. DeRousse -

You don't have to be rich and famous to have adventures!

Dean Koontz - Odd Apocalypse

I am learning my way toward something that will make sense of my life, and I learn by going where I have to go, with whatever companions I am graced.

Rachel Kapelke-Dale - Graduates in Wonderland: The International Misadventures of Two (Almost) Adults

I know so much is going to happen here, but I just don't know how. It feels like Paris is full of so many adventures just waiting to be had.

Chelsea Sedoti - The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett

Movies were movies, whether they were old or new. They always captivated me, pulled me into worlds where anything was possible. Worlds where there were adventures and surprises, and life was never dull.

Chelsea Sedoti - The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett

Movies were movies, whether they were old or new. They always captivated me, pulled me into worlds where anything was possible. Worlds where there were adventures and surprises, and life was never dull. The only thing I didn't like about movies was when the credits rolled and returned me to real life.

Lailah Gifty Akita - Think Great: Be Great!

Many great people have experienced some kind of failure. They build on the lessons from failing to become great.

Richelle E. Goodrich -

There are few things better than losing yourself in a book. And if you're lucky enough to have that adventure continue in a series, it's like chocolate ganache on the icing on the cake.

Carmela Dutra -

Like Desserts, books come in all kinds of tasty treats!

Richelle E. Goodrich -

A closed book will lie there like a dead horse. But an open book will kick, buck, and bolt through perceived adventures like a wild and free stallion. So hold on.

Kate Chopin - The Awakening

I leave such ventures ti you younger men with the fever of life still in your blood.

Lailah Gifty Akita -

Take a journey into the world of possibilities.You will be amazed with your adventure.

Lailah Gifty Akita -

The best adventures in life is in the present. Seize the present and make it great adventure.

Erica Sehyun Song - The Pax Valley

Next time when I dive into the territory that I had lived next to, where my sister grew up, I know what to expect. I would be ready. I would be prepared.

Erica Sehyun Song - The Pax Valley

It was the ideal place where people call ‘home.

J.Z. Bingham - Isle of Mystery: Eyes of The King

Before he got too far, he thought he smelled a fire.No sooner did he blink before he sensed something dire.He heard a sound and froze, danger tickling his nose.His ears perked up as tiny cries of capture rose.

J.Z. Bingham - Gansevort: The King and His Court

Kat held her head high as she met the King's eye.Her stare was bold, yet sweet, and it would not die.Gansevort looked down into these dark, green pools.And soon his tone softened as he bought her ruse.

Mehmet Murat ildan -

Even a little adventure in the day will make that day a real day!

Gina Greenlee - Postcards and Pearls: Life Lessons from Solo Moments on the Road

Is there a place you can go to break away for a little while? If you haven't yet built your tree house, it's never too late to start.

Jeffery Russell - The Dungeoneers

Can't abide adventure. 'Adventure' is a word people use to put a shine on lack of preparation and surviving through dumb luck.

Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary

One thinks of nothing,’ he continued; ‘the hours slip by. Motionless we traverse countries we fancy we see, and your thought, blinding with the fiction, playing with the details, follows the outline of the adventures. It mingles with the characters, and it seems as if it were yourself palpitating beneath their costumes.

Shannon L. Alder -

If you chase anything in life chase the things that get you excited about living. Chase the things that give you hope, happiness and a glimpse of a better life. Chase the things that make you want to be a better person. Chase the things that inspire you to think, create and live joyfully. Chase the things that reinforce in your soul that you can make a difference. Chase the things that make you want to transform your heart from selfish to selfless. When you chase that kind of storm you are chasi

Debasish Mridha -

If you conform, you miss all of the adventures and stand against the progress of society.

Shannon L. Alder -

When you know what you want you will be excited about it and give every ounce of effort to making it come true. No excuse or fear will get in your way because peace is found in focus.

Suzy Kassem - Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

We are all beautiful instruments of God. He created many notes in music so that we would not be stuck playing the same song. Be music always. Keep changing the keys, tones, pitch, and volume of each of the songs you create along your journey and play on. Nobody will ever reach ultimate perfection in this lifetime, but trying to achieve it is a full-time job. Start now and don't stop. Make your book of life a musical. Never abandon obligations, but have fun leaving behind a colorful legacy. Never

Erica Sehyun Song -

We share a bond. We do everything together. We have a piece of strong, invisible thread connecting us. It’s indestructible – it can never be broken. The thread is the key item that links us together. We understand each other.

Chayada Welljaipet - Hill's Adventure

We should follow every supply that runs into the particular lake below, going upstream in terms of we can. When we do not find Drakes’ path, or even an additional, we should come back straight along,look yourself upward an additional way to obtain foods,and then do a similar for the next water for the south.

Erica Sehyun Song - Thorns in the Shadow

I stood at the grassy edge and tentatively dipped my toe into the water. I watched the ripple spread and break the perfect reflection before composing itself. The ripple then rushed towards a mass of rocks to one side.

Erica Sehyun Song - Thorns in the Shadow

She was merely an actress who had been forced to perform her part on stage without fully knowing her lines. She was not real.

Erica Sehyun Song - Thorns in the Shadow

As we drifted away from the Tower Bridge, I saw a single silhouette standing against the bright lamplight. Even now when I was nearly asleep, I could recognise her. Her shoulders were hunched up as if she was upset. Whether she was upset that she had nearly killed me or that she had let me get away, I was unsure. Then she turned around and walked to join the other silhouettes standing in a group farther back. Now I could not see which one was Rose – they were all joint together to make one.

Erica Sehyun Song - Thorns in the Shadow

The four of us stood in silence as we watched the surrounding girls play games or gossip. It was almost as if I did not belong here anymore. It was like I was peering in through a window from a completely different world.

Erica Sehyun Song - Thorns in the Shadow

We laughed as we ducked behind a pile of snow. Then our brothers came charging through the barrier, sending the four of us sliding down a white slope full of cherished memories.

Erica Sehyun Song - Thorns in the Shadow

She was not in the body of a young woman but just as I remembered her: a little toddler with a beautiful smile. She reached out with her small hand, and I gripped her tiny fingers as I let go of the pain and sank deeper into the lake.

Erica Sehyun Song - Thorns in the Shadow

I opened my eyes and watched the water stream past me. I let out some of my air and gazed at the cascade of silver bubbles dancing up to the surface.

Sanober Khan - Turquoise Silence

this heart yearns...for the salt of unsmelt airunswept thunderstorms...unknown adventures.

E.A. Bucchianeri - Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

It’s the unknown that draws people.

Emily Barr - The One Memory of Flora Banks

Although I don't know much about anything, I know that I have a story. I know that it is not over. There are shades and shadows of adventures and people and wild new places. Whatever Paris might turn out to be, and whatever Dr. Epstein is able to do, I want to be there to find out.

Jonathan Anthony Burkett -

What a life we live. Full of questions, adventures, stories, mistakes, good, quests, bad, miracles, lessons, people, blessings, journeys, inventions, music, animals, history, cultures, religions, prophecies, planets, stars, careers, movies, plants, hate, love, and so much more.

Criss Jami - Venus in Arms

Let's not grow with our roots in the ground.

Neil Gaiman - Stardust

Adventures are all very well in their place, but there's a lot to be said for regular meals and freedom from pain.

Shannon L. Alder -

Empowered Women 101: You are either creating drama or creating memories together. The choice is yours.

E.A. Bucchianeri - Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

It was exciting to be off on a journey she had looked forward to for months. Oddly, the billowing diesel fumes of the airport did not smell like suffocating effluence, it assumed a peculiar pungent scent that morning, like the beginning of a new adventure, if an adventure could exude a fragrance.

Erica Sehyun Song - Thorns in the Shadow

Time is a funny thing. You can go through it and meddle with it, but nothing can stay permanent. So even if everything so far had not happened, time would still have managed to find a way to make all this happen.

Erica Sehyun Song - Thorns in the Shadow

I felt so much older now, so much more responsible. I guess that there were some positive outcomes: I knew more things than usual, and I knew that I really could accomplish anything and everything. But sometimes, all a fifteen-year-old girl wants is to stop growing. She wants time to slow down and eventually stand still where she can be young and inexperienced forever. Sometimes, she simply wants to remain a child.

Erica Sehyun Song - Thorns in the Shadow

And then I knew that despite all the pain and hard work all of us had gone through, despite the sadness and anger we felt, in the end, everything was going to be fine. But I did not know when the end was, or if it was even near. But that did not matter. I preferred to look towards it in anticipation rather than worry about it. One new day equalled to one new adventure. And right now, I still had plenty of days left in my life. So I did not decide to sit down and plan out my life. Instead, I deci

Erik Tanghe -

When you live.. You can die.. Accept it... ..and become fearless

Chelsea Sedoti - The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett

I knew all about reading a lot. About how it could take you to a world what was better than the real one. A world where there were adventures and mysteries and magic. Except, of course, books ended eventually, and then you had to go back to being yourself.

Erica Sehyun Song -

Oscar always said that books are truly our best friends. He said that they never think poorly of us and that they always have a shoulder for us to cry on or relieve stress. They take our minds away from the real world by telling us captivating stories. When we look back at our choice of books, we can nostalgically recall our younger years.

Shannon L. Alder -

God has a way of picking a “nobody” and turning their world upside down, in order to create a “somebody” that will remove the obstacles they encountered out of the pathway for others.

Lailah Gifty Akita - Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

May you find renewed energy, courage and hope to pursue new adventures.

Shannon L. Alder -

The only real difficulty with becoming disciplined is when you buy into the notion that happiness comes at the price of sacrifice. The reality is this: Discipline becomes freedom when you are doing what you love.

Tove Jansson - Comet in Moominland

Not one adventure in a whole day," said Sniff, who was taking his turn at steering now the current was slower. "Just grey banks and grey banks, and not even an adventure.""I think it's very adventurous to float down a winding river," said Moomintroll. "You never know what you'll meet round the next corner. You always want adventures, Sniff, and when they come you're so frightened you don't know what to do.""Well, I'm not a lion," said Sniff reproachfully. "I like small adventures. Just the right

Shannon L. Alder -

Reality is a dream that someone was brave enough to conquer.

Erica Sehyun Song - The Pax Valley

Our pendants glowed in unison and I understood that they represented us – Siren and human intertwined for eternity.

Erica Sehyun Song - The Pax Valley

I watched her shadow merge with the darker colours of the deep sea.

Erica Sehyun Song - The Pax Valley

She smiled sinisterly. Light mist started to slowly swirl around us. All I could see was her, the tall rocks and the white wall. She beckoned to me. I took a step and another. I was now ankle deep into the water. The mysterious girl smiled like a predator.

Erica Sehyun Song - The Pax Valley

I was slightly thankful when Mom finally came out and unlocked the car. It was warm and toasty inside and it smelt like home. There was not the slightest smell of something that didn’t belong home.

Erica Sehyun Song - The Pax Valley

The other one was filled with loud and obnoxious tourists. Always boasting on winning a sand castle competition and seeing who could get tanned first. What a whacky bunch of people.

Erica Sehyun Song - The Pax Valley

Have you lost your mind? What have I told you Charlie about whales? You can’t MANHANDLE THEM!

Erica Sehyun Song - The Pax Valley

Although nobody could ever know about our friendship, that wasn’t going to stop us from being together.

Erica Sehyun Song - The Pax Valley

She snorted in amusement at my remark. “When are the guards going to start to notice?” Keith peered into the distance. “Starting now,

Erica Sehyun Song - The Pax Valley

He sent it flying at full speed. It jumped six times as well, sending ripples across the sea. The small splashes of foam turned into miniature rainbows as they caught the light of the evening sun setting behind the clouds.

Erica Sehyun Song - The Pax Valley

I distracted Herbert by pretending to trip and break a bone. Ethan darted around to the red golf cart with a cocky smile on his face. He put the key in ignition, and the vehicle roared to life. “Hey,” Herbert shouted, snapping his attention to Ethan. I sprang up and ran up to Ethan. He pulled me in the cart and stomped on the gas pedal. We shot through the automatic doors with Herbert on our tail. “Go faster!” I cheered. My brother smacked the steering wheel. “I can’t; it’s a golf cart.

Erica Sehyun Song - The Pax Valley

I closed my eyes and dived into foreign water.

Erica Sehyun Song - The Pax Valley

I told you; I am Arianna, the Siren, your Guardian, and how is a Guardian supposed to do her job if she is clueless about the Guardianee?

Erica Sehyun Song -

I could have drowned…and my brother didn’t even care.

Erica Sehyun Song - The Pax Valley

I could have drowned today. If they hadn’t been screaming my name so loudly and if I hadn’t woken up, I would have drowned.

Erica Sehyun Song - The Pax Valley

A long time ago, there was a little girl called Mary. Now Mary, she was warned several times not to go to her neighbor’s house. Her neighbor was a grandmother. But Mary hardly listened, so she snuck off one night to spy on her. She tried the front door first, and it creaked open. Then suddenly, she heard a squeaking noise upstairs. She followed it – climbed up the wooden stairs where half of it was already rotten. She heard the squeaking noise again. It was coming from the library. She opened th

Erica Sehyun Song -

The last image I registered was Ethan and my hand – linked, bound and unbreakable.

Erica Sehyun Song - The Pax Valley

I knew that it was impossible for us to be kept apart for too long.

Stacey T. Hunt -

To be inspired is great, but to inspire is an honor.

Chayada Welljaipet - The Adventures of Luciana

Oh no, princess. I would never carry out anything which could harm your being. This was just something I was told to say. I'm not sure what is planned, if, you go against their wishes. But, I'm sure you're smart and won't test them.

Maud Hart Lovelace - Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown

Thoughts are such fleet magic things. Betsy's thoughts swept a wide arc while Uncle Keith read her poem aloud. She thought of Julia learning to sing with Mrs. Poppy. She thought of Tib learning to dance. She thought of herself and Tacy and Tib going into their 'teens. She even thought of Tom and Herbert and of how, by and by, they would be carrying her books and Tacy's and Tib's up the hill from high school.

Lailah Gifty Akita - Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

The fantasy of life;When I was a child, I said ‘I can’t wait to grow up’.When I was adult, I said ‘I miss childhood adventures’.

Shannon L. Alder -

Every person with ADHD already knows that destination addiction is part of their disorder. However, if it doesn’t have a positive outlet, it can destroy your life. It is not another person that will make your life better; it is the qualities in them that you admire. Incorporate those attributes into your own life and you won’t miss a thing.

Shannon L. Alder -

Dignity will only happen when you realize that having someone in your life doesn’t validate your worth.

Debasish Mridha -

In the summer, we create memories of hot adventures so that those memories can warm-up the deep frozen winter.

Anastasia Bolinder -

Starting out a new day gives hope for new adventures, villains and hero's to cross your path. Make the most of it.

Suzy Kassem - Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

By studying yesterday, you will understand today.

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