2,981 Quotes About Adventure

For white people, nothing makes them appreciate the gift of life more than voluntarily trying to end it.

All things in Fiji are paid for in blood.

A force de peindre la vie des autres, il avait oublié de peindre la sienne."On ne se tue pas pour une femme (2000)

The situation was different in the jungle. Every inch of ground had to be earned, and was done so through much exertion with the blade.

…it was even more disconcerting to examine your charts before a proposed flight only to find that in many cases the bulk of the terrain over which you had to fly was bluntly marked: ‘UNSURVEYED.’ It was as if the mapmakers had said, ‘We are aware that between this spot and that one, there are several hundred thousands of acres, but until you make a forced landing there, we won’t know whether it is mud, desert, or jungle – and the chances are we won’t know then!

This is a story of Africa. A pioneer woman's journey north was merely the beginning.

Previous experience had taught me that any expedition marches on its stomach.

I don't have a command for 'stop wagging your tail'.

It was a well-known fact that keeping track of time was not Parry Pretty's forte...If time were Parry's pet, it would have died tied to a tree somewhere out back long ago.