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“It often horrified the English community that she spent her time with local farmers and horse traders, eccentrics and mystics, but she valued expertise over convention and had long believed if you ...”
“Tell me, Miss Hathaway … what would you do if you were invited on a midnight ride across the earth and ocean? Would you choose the adventure, or stay safely at home?” She couldn’t seem to tear her ...”
“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature nor do the children of men as a whole experience it.”
“I realized if I didn’t just go, I’d never go. Going was the key. It didn’t matter where I was headed just as long as I was headed somewhere. ~ Ben Davis”
“It's funny, leaving a place, ain't it?" he said. "You never do know when you'll get back.”
“Debt is always negative, no matter how positively you try to look at it. The “minus” sign in front of your bank balance is a dead giveaway, despite what you might think about leveraging or whatever...”
“If I let a gust of wind or a sprinkling of rain turn me aside from the easy tasks, what preparation would such sloth be for the future I propose myself?”
“A million dollars. Think about it for a moment. It’s not just a large number – it’s a symbol of everything we’ve been told to want in this world. Foreign cars with doors that swing up like magical ...”
“You expect me to come and work for you dressed up as a man?” I gasped.”
“You know,” Rolf said, “you read stories when you're little, and you think it would be so amazing to have adventures happen to you. Then you actually go on one, and find out that it's awful. Nothing...”
“There is a difference between ‘off-limits’ and those places you can visit without getting caught.”
“I’ve made it my mission to discover that which is off the beaten track. Somewhere in the undergrowth of the impossible.”
“So you want me to track down a supernaturally fast sniper who can disappear into thin air, retrieve your maps, and do it so nobody finds out what I'm doing or why?''Exactly.'I sighed. 'I'll get the...”
“I’ll be off exploring, searching for those out-of-bounds places where dreams exist.”
“Breathe deeply, focus your thoughts, and say out loud, “The quest begins here.”
“To sit on the stile would be to continue a familiar existence. To cross the stile would be to begin something new.”
“My tent doesn’t look like much but, as an estate agent might say, “It is air-conditioned and has exceptional location.”
“Life in the wild, as I’m observing, is about survival as much as pleasure.”
“A blur. That’s what it felt like to me”
“He’d do what was best for her. He’d take her to safety and send her back home to a bright future…with amore honorable man than him. The stick broke in his hand, and he muttered an oath.All he wante...”
