Quotes about Adventure

I conceive that the right way to write a story for boys is to write so that it will not only interest boys but strongly interest any man who has ever been a boy. That immensely enlarges the audience.

in the night I took a lantern and went to see for myself.

There is no home left for universal souls, except perhaps in Antarctica or on the high seas.

You will believe me when I say the life we lead grows less and less distinct from the life we led of Cruso's island. Sometimes I wake up not knowing where I am. The world is full of islands, said Cruso once. His words ring truer every day.

But why think about that when all the golden lands ahead of you and all kinds of unforseen events wait lurking to surprise you and make you glad you're alive to see?

The road must eventually lead to the whole world.

I felt like lying down by the side of the trail and remembering it all

He had never felt anything like that before - yet somehow he knew that from now on he would always feel like that, always, and something caught at his throat as he realized what a strange sad adventure life might get to be, strange and sad and still much more beautiful and amazing than he could ever have imagined because it was so really, strangely sad.

Happy. Just in my swim shorts, barefooted, wild-haired, in the red fire dark, singing, swigging wine, spitting, jumping, running -- that's the way to live. All alone and free in the soft sands of the beach....

And then we'll all go off to sweet life, 'cause now is the time and we all know time!

So I rushed past the pretty girls, and the prettiest girls in the world live in Des Moines.

The road must eventually lead to the whole world. Ain't nowhere else it can go - right?