Adventure Quotes

For those who believe life should be lived, not watched. Quotes about risk, exploration, and wonder.

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"I wanted to live in New York, and I did, for four months and three weeks."
Esther Greenwood
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"I reckon I got to light out for the Territory"
Huckleberry Finn
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"It was a close call, and I was awful glad to get away from there."
Huckleberry Finn
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"It was a monstrous big river down there."
Huckleberry Finn
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"The adventure was worth something."
Tom Sawyer
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"Adventure calls to those brave enough to answer."
Jonathan Harker
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"The world is a wonderful place, and we should enjoy it."
Laurie
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"The world is a great place, Jo."
Laurie
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"We would not come back any more if we had got to where we was going"
Huckleberry Finn
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"The night holds secrets we must uncover."
Mina Murray
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"I have always wanted to see a real war, but all I could do was read it in books."
Jo March
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"I have always wanted to see the world and have adventures."
Jo March
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"We said there warn't no home like a raft, after all."
Huckleberry Finn
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"I was getting to feel that way when I see a speck on the water away off."
Huckleberry Finn
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"I thought I would see what was next on the agenda."
Huckleberry Finn
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"Do you know why they took me in the saucer?"
Billy Pilgrim
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"We said there warn't no home like a raft, after all."
Huckleberry Finn
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"Consound it, I was always wanting to do something"
Tom Sawyer
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"I wanted to see an animal up close. And I got what I wished for, but not in the way I imagined."
Pi Patel
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"I have been to paradise and I have tasted fruit that no man has tasted before."
Pi Patel
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"There warn't nothing to do, now, but to look out sharp for the town"
Huckleberry Finn
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"The sea is not a place of rest."
Pi Patel
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"Can you imagine what it would be like to live at sea, as I did, and come to know it as a friend?"
Pi Patel
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"We said there warn't no home like a raft, after all."
Huckleberry Finn
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"Adventure is a sign of poor planning."
Pi Patel
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"I never wanted to go much before."
Huckleberry Finn
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"I wanted to go to sea, but she wouldn't let me."
Huckleberry Finn
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"We want her to go to Africa too."
Nettie
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"The sea is life's greatest teacher of survival."
Pi Patel
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"I know stories from another time and place."
Pi Patel