Adventure Quotes

When you live by the demands and supply of life, it becomes a pleasurable adventure.

I liked learning but the challenge was that my mother's need to turn education into a competition was ruining the experience for me.

Too much negativity can make the strongest structures dilapidate.

I found that disturbing the night's calm ambience was almost as gratifying as the ambience itself.

Maybe I should have given more thought to her thoughts.

Self-harm appealed to my sadness but I didn't let it coax me.

Would I come off as a creepy-stalker-kind-of-guy or would it demonstrate that I cared?

I'd developed an apology-is-much-better-than-asking-for-permission mentality.

Hard. That was what he looked like. That was what you first noticed about him: a hard, chiselled face, like that that of some ancient Greek statue.

You expect me to come and work for you dressed up as a man?” I gasped.

You should enjoy the little detours to the fullest. Because that's where you'll find the things more important than what you want.

Where the signposts end, the trail begins.

A misadventurer's greatest fear is their mother.

My anger tempted the act of delinquency and it felt good to dabble.

The purpose of water is to drink it but we swim in it for the fun of it.

There were no snooty commuters at this late hour. They were home snug in their beds where they should be.

After spending the previous night the way I had, I felt I could afford to lose some of the daytime to sleep.

Acting with confidence, but inside lacking certainty, I'd told her I could.

They had to be untrustworthy enough to buy a minor alcohol but trustworthy enough to not walk away with my money.

One thing a girl loves more than a bad boy is a self-aware bad boy.

How many miles to Babylon?Three score and ten!Can I get there by candle light?Yes, and back again?

As long as you don't kill someone or seriously maim them, sure, it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks as long as you have a good time.

Misadventure will always cause someone to be pissed off at you, because they don't know what degree you're willing to go to to satisfy your need for misadventure.

Substituting the discount rate for the ever increasing chance of death and a dollar for joy, joy today is worth more than joy tomorrow.

I'd been exposed to alternate ways of thinking and it seriously affected the way my mother had reared me.

A misadventure is an act that has a safer, less self-detrimental, less interesting alternative. But you choose that act because you want to do something memorable and worthy of discussion.

An adventurer has a purpose. Such as finding new lands and valuable treasures. A misadventurer, besides doing it for the hell of it and for a good time, doesn't really have a good purpose.

Misadventure asked what the harm was partaking in one more and I decided not to argue with her.

Patience, persistence and hard work lead to success and happiness. Or you can do whatever the hell you want and with a bit or a whole lot of luck you'll stumble onto success and happiness.

What does a guy say to that? What does an inexperienced guy say to a beautiful, smart, proper girl who's not supposed to say things like that?

How many miles to Babylon?Three score and ten!Can I get there by candle light?Yes, and back again!

As academia became my identity, my fascination with firefighters became buried and, seemingly, died.

Cussing like a commoner wasn't something I was tested on. I picked that habit up outside of high school.

Something can be very funny and then suddenly very terrifying-very exciting, and suddenly very ridiculous. I think that’s what life is like, that’s what interests me.

Some will say that searching for your dreams is like looking for unicorns in an emerald forest.

Only a fool lies brooding over his problems. When the morning comes he's tired out and his problems are the same as before.

I'll tell you what you want to hear. I mean, what I need to hear. I'll tell the truth.

All great adventures start with an idea.

Remember... It's a jungle out there!

Be oblivious to city high-rises, work-related stress and microwave popcorn.

You can escape completely, seeking an alternative life, or you can play the game and go absent without leave. How you do it is up to you.

Harry and I are misadventurous misadventurers that like to partake in misadventure.

You can judge this book by its cover.

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.

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.

I love to sail forbidden seas and land on barbarous coasts.

I was born in a hospital. I do not want to die in one.

To sit on the stile would be to continue a familiar existence. To cross the stile would be to begin something new.