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“Life. It’s about adventure, of having a dream and following it.”
“I picked up one and then a second and then a third of these stones, finding them at about the rate of one stone to the acre. And here is where my adventure became magical, for in a striking foresho...”
“But what would happen if I put on the ring?” the boy asked.“There is only one way to find out.”
“We'll see Heaven together. I promise with all my heart I'll never leave you alone.”
“I wandered everywhere, through cities and countries wide. And everywhere I went, the world was on my side.”
“I wanted to write an adventure story, not, it's true, I really did. I shall have failed, that's all. Adventures bore me. I have no idea how to talk about countries, how to make people wish they had...”
“What constitutes the pleasure of the traveler is the obstacle, the fatigue, the peril itself. What pleasure can there be in an excursion where one is always sure of arriving, finding ready horses, ...”
“Go somewhere you know nothing about and see what happens.”
“What sort of adventures?' I asked him, astonished. ‘All sorts, Monsieur. Getting on the wrong train. Stopping in an unknown city. Losing your briefcase, being arrested by mistake, spending the nigh...”
“Bilbo was sadly reflecting that adventures are not all pony-rides in May-sunshine...”
“But our back is to legends and we are coming home. I suppose this is the first taste of it.''There is a long road yet,' said Gandalf.'But it is the last road,' said Bilbo.”
“The stars are far brighterThan gems without measure,The moon is far whiterThan silver in treasure;The fire is more shiningOn hearth in the gloamingThan gold won by mining,So why go a-roaming?”
“I would advise the curious reader to keep in mind the old adage “truth is stranger than fiction.” Expect the most outlandish, fantastic and unbelievable elements of this story to be true, and the m...”
“It had occurred to her many times that on board it didn’t matter where you were coming from or where you were heading. Each voyage had its own charisma. Like writing a book – word by word – or cros...”
“A journey is an achievement, Maria, just as much as a mathematical proof.”
“We have trains to hop, voyages to embark on, and rides to hitch. And then there’s the great American wild—vanishing but still there—ready to impart its wisdom from an Alaskan peak or a patch of gra...”
“That’s where they found the skeletons. Right where you’re standing.”
“Too much mystery is merely an annoyance. Too much adventure is exhausting. And a little terror goes a long way.”
“In near panic, I craned my neck to gaze over the cabin’s roofline a bursting fireball.”
“Just the night before, a puma’s howl had set a chill at my spine and, man, life didn’t get any richer than that.”
