“It’s life that matters, nothing but life–the process of discovering, the everlasting and perpetual process, not the discovery itself, at all.”— Fyodor Dostoyevsky, amazon.com
“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.”— William Styron, amazon.com
“The human race has a yearning to explore. That’s part of our biological and psychological makeup.”— Kip Thorne, theguardian.com
“It simply isn’t an adventure worth telling if there aren’t any dragons.”— J.R.R. Tolkien, amazon.com
“Science is fun. Science is curiosity. We all have natural curiosity. Science is a process of investigating. It’s posing questions and coming up with a method. It’s delving in.”— Sally Ride, articles.latimes.com
“You have a right to experiment with your life. You will make mistakes. And they are right too.”— Anaïs Nin, amazon.com
“Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they are doing. Do things without always knowing how they’ll turn out. You’re curious and smart and bored, and all you see is the choice between working hard and slacking off. Ther…”— Randall Munroe, amazon.com
“You have your whole life ahead of you. Be smart. Study hard and be independent…You must rely on yourself. No matter what else people may steal from you, they will never be able to take away your knowledge. The world is changing. You must make your own life outside this home.”— Adeline Yen Mah, amazon.com
“I lay on the bed and lost myself in stories. I liked that. Books were safer than other people anyways.”— Neil Gaiman, amazon.com
“Maybe it won't work out in first attempt. But seeing if it does, will be the best adventure ever.”— Sarvesh Jain, amazon.com
“And isn't that why we explore and also why we read and watch sports and browse Tumblr and study astrophysics? Whether we're watching horror movies or accidentally visiting their sets, I think we're after the terrifying, awesome, otherworldly feeling of not knowing what lies in wait.”— John Green, youtube.com
“Old souls have inquisitive minds. They’re easily inspired and desire to learn as much as they can about the world and those around them. They don’t fear change or adventure. They’re open to new ideas and new ways of doing things.”— Lori De La Cruz, lifehack.org
“Women with a sense of adventure are very attractive to almost all men. Having a sense of adventure gets the guy thinking of all the fun things the two of you can do together and also gets him wondering if your adventurous streak extends to the bedroom.”— Vixen Daily, vixendaily.com