“Give me an adventure. I'm not talking about some massive adventure. Just something that would make getting fired seem small. Something that I might remember when I'm old." "I can't predict the future," I said, "but based on what little I know so far, I'm afraid it has to be a massive adventure or nothing." "Great!" "Probably the kind of adventure that ends in a mass burial.” KnowsGivingKindLittlesSaidI CanEndsSeemsMightRememberTalkingAdventureMassGive MeMassiveRemember WhenNot TalkingBurialGetting Fired Book:Anathem Source: Anathem
“Kenneth Hari does not paint portraits as they are but as he is. I feel he is hiding something from me. To board a train into his mind would give me a ride into dark adventure.” GivingFeelsMindDoeDarkAdventureGive MeTrainPaintBoardsHidingPortraitsKennethHiding Something Author:Tennessee Williams
“I've a pocket full of dreams to sell," said Teddy, whimsically,... "What d'ye lack? What d'ye lack? A dream of success--a dream of adventure--a dream of the sea--a dream of the woodland--any kind of a dream you want at reasonable prices, including one or two unique little nightmares. What will you give me for a dream?” WantGivingKindLittlesSaidTwoDreamSeaAdventureUniqueGive MeSellsIncludingReasonablePocketsNightmareTeddyWoodland Book:Emily Climbs Source: Emily Climbs
“I am two women: one wants to have all the joy, passion and adventure that life can give me. The other wants to be a slave to routine, to family life, to the things that can be planned and achieved. I'm a housewife and a prostitute, both of us living in the same body and doing battle with each other.” WantGivingTwoBodyJoyPassionWomenAdventureBattleGive MeSlaveRoutineFamily LifeElevenHousewifeBe A SlaveEleven Minutes Author:Paulo Coelho
“In my case, literature is a kind of revenge. It's something that gives me what real life can't give me - all the adventures, all the suffering. All the experiences I can only live in the imagination, literature completes.” GivingKindI CanRealSufferingLiteratureImaginationCasesAdventureGive MeRevengeReal Life Author:Mario Vargas Llosa
“Sure, give me an adventure and I'll ride it.” GivingAdventureTravelGive MeFunny Travel Author:Melissa Auf der Maur
“I sort of gave up on this whole human adventure a long time ago, divorced myself from it emotionally. It gives me an artistic detachment that I find valuable. I think the human race has squandered its gift, and I think this country has squandered its promise, for the sake of cell phones and Jet Skis.” ThinkingGivingHumansLongCountryWholeRaceAdventurePromiseLong TimeGive MeSakePhonesValuableCellsArtisticHuman RaceDivorcedLong Time AgoDetachmentGave UpJetCell PhoneSkis Author:George Carlin