#advent

I finally felt myself lifted definitively away on the winds of adventure toward worlds I envisaged would be stranger than they were, into situations I imagined would be much more normal than they turned out to be. ↗

— Ernesto Guevara

#discovery #travel #imagination

At last, somebody in line steps forward. “I can commit,” he says. He’s a tall, lean young man with a rifle slung over his back. “What’s your name?” Chris asks. “Andrew,” he replies. “And I’m in.” Chris nods. A few other guys step forward and, after a few moments, the entire crowd of ex-POWs takes one step, signifying their decision. My chest swells with pride – pride for Chris’s leadership, pride for the people willing to give their lives to take down Omega. It’s a rush. ↗

— Summer Lane

#cassidy-hart #chris-young #romance #state-of-chaos #summer-lane

A feeling rose in me, and I just let it, because what harm could it do? It only had another thirty-two adagio bars of life in this world. Twenty-four. Sixteen. Eight more bars in which I love you. Three. Two. One. ↗

— Rachel Hartman

#fantasy #romance #life

Others found the implication odd that they could live their way forever- working and drinking and watching TV- and why they would want to. ↗

— CrimethInc.

#inspirational #life #inspirational

I wanted a life full of intrigue and mystery, new environments, and new people...[a] temporary life with no fear of being trapped, ↗

— Addy Stevens

#life-lessons #personal-growth #life

The lesson of an American life like my father's... is that achievements are compatible with decency (112). ↗

— Saul Bellow

#life

Why should men be allowed to strut under the privilege of their life adventures, wearing them like a breast full of medals, while women went all gray and silent beneath the weight of theirs? ↗

— Carol Shields

#women #life

To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement. ↗

— Augustine of Hippo

#confessions #love #romance #love

I can project emotions and feelings onto others. For example, I can make you hungry.” With a slight smile, Anya followed words with action, and the captain’s mouth dropped open as her stomach growled loudly. Salvatore shifted against the desk, a glower darkening his face. “Power of suggestion. Besides, it’s almost lunch.” On impulse, Anya smiled sweetly at him as she retorted, “Should I make you fall in love with me, then?” Anya Vaedrin & Jason Salvatore, from Angels and Ministers of Grace ↗

— Michelle O'Leary

#futuristic-romance #romantic-adventure #science-fiction #scifi #scifi-romance

It wasn't premeditated. It was what needed to be done. So I did it. ↗

— Milly Silver

#exciting #fantasy #milly-silver #sci-fi #ya-action-adventure