quest

Link	Quote	Tags	Author
3c97597	Not all those who wander are lost.	travel wander quest lost journey	J.R.R. Tolkien
647c9de	We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.	travel inspirational seekers quest journey	anaïs nin
3111911	The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that.	philosophy quest	Norton Juster
e6d9093	Heroes know that things must happen when it is time for them to happen. A quest may not simply be abandoned; unicorns may go unrescued for a long time, but not forever; a happy ending cannot come in the middle of the story.	heros quest	Peter S. Beagle
56288bc	It is far. But there is no journey upon this earth that a man may not make if he sets his heart to it. There is nothing, Umbopa, that he cannot do, there are no mountains he may not climb, there are no deserts he cannot cross; save a mountain and a a desert of which you are spared the knowledge, if love leads him and he holds his life in his hand counting it as nothing, ready to keep it or to lose it as Providence may order.	perseverance love quest providence	H. Rider Haggard
89a3aa8	On a hard jungle journey nothing is so important as having a team you can trust.	trust team quest jungle	Tahir Shah
a5bd060	Most journeys have a clear beginning, but on some the ending is less well-defined. The question is, at what point do you bite your lip and head for home?	quest ending journey	Tahir Shah
51e40a0	"But what's left on earth that I haven't tried?" Prince Lir demanded. "I have swum four rivers, each in full flood and none less than a mile wide. I have climbed seven mountains never before climbed, slept three nights in the Marsh of the Hanged Men, and walked alive out of that forest where the flowers burn your eyes and the nightingales sing poison. I have ended my betrothal to the princess I had agreed to marry -- and if you don't think that was a heroic deed, you don't know her mother. I have vanquished exactly fifteen black knights waiting by fifteen fords in their black pavilions, challenging all who come to cross. And I've long since lost count of the witches in the thorny woods, the giants, the demons disguised as damsels; the glass hills, fatal riddles, and terrible tasks; the magic apples, rings, lamps, potions, swords, cloaks, boots, neckties, and nightcaps. Not to mention the winged horses, the basilisks and sea serpents, and all the rest of the livestock." He raised his head, and the dark blue eyes were confused and sad. "And all for nothing," he said. "I cannot touch her, whatever I do. For her sake, I have become a hero -- I, sleepy Lir, my father's sport and shame -- but I might as well have remained the dull fool I was. My great deeds mean nothing to her."	quest hero fool	Peter S. Beagle
892e317	The first rule of an expedition is that everyone should stick together.	quest rule journey	Tahir Shah
94d77b9	Searching for a lost city is a particularly European obsession.	quest search obsession	Tahir Shah
5d6a90e	The quest for a lost city erodes your body, damaging you beyond all reason. But it is your mind that bears the heaviest toll. Listen to the doubters, the worriers and the weak, and the vaguest hope of success evaporates.	doubt success quest search	Tahir Shah
4f2932d	"I shall not lie!" Eilonwy cried, "not for this traitor and deserter." "It is not for him," Taran said quietly, "but for the sake of our quest." "It isn't right," Eilonwy began, tears starting in her eyes. "We do not speak of rightness," Taran answered. "We speak of a task to be finished."	rightness tasks quest	Lloyd Alexander
c5a9ba0	There are two ways to find a lost city. The first is to rely on luck alone, the second is to control all the information.	quest search luck	Tahir Shah
87d2be4	Sail far. Sail fast.	travel quest sail fire-and-blood sea journey	George R.R. Martin
13929f3	They were at the end of their journey, but as far as ever, it seemed, from the end of their quest.	quest journey	J.R.R. Tolkien
bbdc479	Normally I would have been the first to go in search of cannibal monks, particularly as I had heard of a similar tradition at a nunnery in the Philippines. It's the sort of quest I can't resist.	nunnery monks quest cannibalism search	Tahir Shah
d87f81f	In some warped way, having an embalmed body with us made perfect sense.	corpse mummy quest body	Tahir Shah
573254d	The real reason for quest is always self-knowledge.	literature writing quest	Thomas C. Foster
72695f0	Only a man who has his health, a full stomach and wears clean clothes would ever entertain the notion of tracking down the greatest lost city on Earth.	endurance quest health	Tahir Shah
c9476c5	In which star of the unclimbed sky wilt though begin our search? Or in which of the secret streams of the ocean where the last green rays are quenched in oozy darkness?	quest search	E.R. Eddison
ce69c4d	It suddenly occurred to me just how absurd this scene was: a guy wearing a suit of armor, standing next to an undead king, both hunched over the controls of a classic arcade game. It was the sort of surreal image you'd expect to see on the cover of an old issue of Heavy Metal or Dragon magazine.	science key undead-king video-game wade wade-watts ready-player-one undead video-games quest science-fiction	Ernest Cline

Not all those who wander are lost.

J.R.R. Tolkien

647c9de

We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.

travel inspirational seekers quest journey

anaïs nin

3111911

The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that.

philosophy quest

Norton Juster

e6d9093

Heroes know that things must happen when it is time for them to happen. A quest may not simply be abandoned; unicorns may go unrescued for a long time, but not forever; a happy ending cannot come in the middle of the story.

heros quest

Peter S. Beagle

56288bc

It is far. But there is no journey upon this earth that a man may not make if he sets his heart to it. There is nothing, Umbopa, that he cannot do, there are no mountains he may not climb, there are no deserts he cannot cross; save a mountain and a a desert of which you are spared the knowledge, if love leads him and he holds his life in his hand counting it as nothing, ready to keep it or to lose it as Providence may order.

perseverance love quest providence

H. Rider Haggard

89a3aa8

On a hard jungle journey nothing is so important as having a team you can trust.

trust team quest jungle

Tahir Shah

a5bd060

Most journeys have a clear beginning, but on some the ending is less well-defined. The question is, at what point do you bite your lip and head for home?

quest ending journey

Tahir Shah

51e40a0

"But what's left on earth that I haven't tried?" Prince Lir demanded. "I have swum four rivers, each in full flood and none less than a mile wide. I have climbed seven mountains never before climbed, slept three nights in the Marsh of the Hanged Men, and walked alive out of that forest where the flowers burn your eyes and the nightingales sing poison. I have ended my betrothal to the princess I had agreed to marry -- and if you don't think that was a heroic deed, you don't know her mother. I have vanquished exactly fifteen black knights waiting by fifteen fords in their black pavilions, challenging all who come to cross. And I've long since lost count of the witches in the thorny woods, the giants, the demons disguised as damsels; the glass hills, fatal riddles, and terrible tasks; the magic apples, rings, lamps, potions, swords, cloaks, boots, neckties, and nightcaps. Not to mention the winged horses, the basilisks and sea serpents, and all the rest of the livestock." He raised his head, and the dark blue eyes were confused and sad. "And all for nothing," he said. "I cannot touch her, whatever I do. For her sake, I have become a hero -- I, sleepy Lir, my father's sport and shame -- but I might as well have remained the dull fool I was. My great deeds mean nothing to her."

quest hero fool

Peter S. Beagle

892e317

The first rule of an expedition is that everyone should stick together.

quest rule journey

Tahir Shah

94d77b9

Searching for a lost city is a particularly European obsession.

quest search obsession

Tahir Shah

5d6a90e

The quest for a lost city erodes your body, damaging you beyond all reason. But it is your mind that bears the heaviest toll. Listen to the doubters, the worriers and the weak, and the vaguest hope of success evaporates.

doubt success quest search

Tahir Shah

4f2932d

"I shall not lie!" Eilonwy cried, "not for this traitor and deserter." "It is not for him," Taran said quietly, "but for the sake of our quest." "It isn't right," Eilonwy began, tears starting in her eyes. "We do not speak of rightness," Taran answered. "We speak of a task to be finished."

rightness tasks quest

Lloyd Alexander

c5a9ba0

There are two ways to find a lost city. The first is to rely on luck alone, the second is to control all the information.

quest search luck

Tahir Shah

87d2be4

Sail far. Sail fast.

travel quest sail fire-and-blood sea journey

George R.R. Martin

13929f3

They were at the end of their journey, but as far as ever, it seemed, from the end of their quest.

quest journey

J.R.R. Tolkien

bbdc479

Normally I would have been the first to go in search of cannibal monks, particularly as I had heard of a similar tradition at a nunnery in the Philippines. It's the sort of quest I can't resist.

nunnery monks quest cannibalism search

Tahir Shah

d87f81f

In some warped way, having an embalmed body with us made perfect sense.

corpse mummy quest body

Tahir Shah

573254d

The real reason for quest is always self-knowledge.

literature writing quest

Thomas C. Foster

72695f0

Only a man who has his health, a full stomach and wears clean clothes would ever entertain the notion of tracking down the greatest lost city on Earth.

endurance quest health

Tahir Shah

c9476c5

In which star of the unclimbed sky wilt though begin our search? Or in which of the secret streams of the ocean where the last green rays are quenched in oozy darkness?

quest search

E.R. Eddison

ce69c4d

It suddenly occurred to me just how absurd this scene was: a guy wearing a suit of armor, standing next to an undead king, both hunched over the controls of a classic arcade game. It was the sort of surreal image you'd expect to see on the cover of an old issue of Heavy Metal or Dragon magazine.

science key undead-king video-game wade wade-watts ready-player-one undead video-games quest science-fiction

Ernest Cline