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

I found it hard to get motivated because I found it hard to care.

Why try to fit yourself into that same, tired mold when you could become something better?" "Because it's safe," he said. "Don't we all want to feel safe?" Linley shrugged. "Not always. Sometimes I...

Even blind alleys lead somewhere.

Somewhere along the dust-choked Guatemalan road between... and... I confirmed that I preferred traveling around the slow, bone-rattling way: by bus, with ordinary people. The bus we were riding in had...

I'd gotten high enough to fly through time.

Adventure rewrites the routine of our lives and wakes us sharply from the comforts of the familiar. It allows us to see how vast the expanse of our experience. Our ability to grow is no longer linear...

The problem with magic was that it made her feel very alone.

Yeah, but what we need are some fighters who know how to take down a wolf. I know three. If you are going to get the Pigs, you'll need backup. They're not to be trifled with.

The rule was that they never went to the same place twice

Do people ever climb the demon towers? Like, for any reason? Aline looked up. Climb the demon towers? She laughed. No, no one ever does that. It's totally illegal, for one thing, and besides, why...

There is little faith involved in setting out on a journey where the destination is certain and every step in between has been mapped in detail. Bravery, trust, is about leaving camp in the dark, when...

A wounded animal yet bears teeth

Shandy looked ahead. Blackbeard, apparently willing to get the explanation later, had picked up his oars and was rowing again. 'May I presume to suggest,' yelled Shandy giddily to Davies, 'that we...

There's nothing to be afraid of, right Akhol? He said nothing as he stepped toward the rushing water that rolled around a big rock and was swallowed whole by impenetrable darkness. Right? Andrew...

Explore the deep ocean.

What is an adventure, I might ask? And in the asking, I might begin to understand that my adventures are sorely limited to the confines of my lackluster imagination. Therefore, an adventure of the...

A moving target is harder to kill, and I didn't stop running, maneuvering, until I reached home base, where I could breathe between death - defying sprints. I just need to make it home alive, and this...

Soon enough his head would be swimming with tales of derring-do and high adventure, tales of beautiful maidens kissed, of evildoers shot with pistols or fought with swords, of bags of gold, of...

Our hero regains consciousness at the feet of a sarcastic alien.

Hazel! he yelled. That box! Open it! She hesitated, then saw the box he meant. The label read WARNING. DO NOT OPEN. Open it! Leo yelled again.

Jason's fingers itched to draw his sword. He'd met plenty of scary demigods, but he was starting to realize that Nico di Angelo - - as pale and gaunt as he looked - - might be more than he could...

I want you to appreciate what you're up against. You will have to succeed where multitudes have failed. You'll have to accomplish something that the mightiest wizard in the history of Lyrian didn't...

Not that I lack confidence in the outcome, but would you consider entrusting the piece of my neck to somebody who is not about to confront one of the most deadly beings in the world?

Let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.

I had the firm conviction that, if I went about looking for adventure, adventure would meet me halfway. It is a theory of mine that one always gets what one wants.

"I can't get enough adventure," Magnus said lightly. "And adventure cannot get enough of me."

It was the adventure that called to his soul. All those years riding across open country as he hunted down the men who had killed his parents were not so easily forgotten. He loved the feel of the...

"Is the Master out of his mind?' she asked me. I nodded. 'And he's taking you with him?' I nodded again. 'Where?' she asked. I pointed towards the center of the earth. 'Into the cellar?' exclaimed the...

The area was home to wolves, elk, deer, bears, outlaws, and anyone seeking solitude, such as the monks of the Winds Abbey.