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Not all those who wander are lost.
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journey
lost
quest
travel
wander
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.
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journey
quest
seekers
travel
inspirational
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anaïs nin |
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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.
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philosophy
quest
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Norton Juster |
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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.
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heros
quest
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Peter S. Beagle |
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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.
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love
perseverance
providence
quest
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H. Rider Haggard |
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On a hard jungle journey nothing is so important as having a team you can trust.
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jungle
quest
team
trust
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Tahir Shah |
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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?
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ending
journey
quest
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Tahir Shah |
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"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."
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fool
hero
quest
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Peter S. Beagle |
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The first rule of an expedition is that everyone should stick together.
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journey
quest
rule
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Tahir Shah |
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Searching for a lost city is a particularly European obsession.
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obsession
quest
search
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Tahir Shah |
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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.
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doubt
quest
search
success
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Tahir Shah |
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"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."
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quest
rightness
tasks
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Lloyd Alexander |
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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.
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luck
quest
search
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Tahir Shah |
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Sail far. Sail fast.
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fire-and-blood
journey
quest
sail
sea
travel
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George R.R. Martin |
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They were at the end of their journey, but as far as ever, it seemed, from the end of their quest.
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journey
quest
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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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.
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cannibalism
monks
nunnery
quest
search
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Tahir Shah |
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In some warped way, having an embalmed body with us made perfect sense.
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body
corpse
mummy
quest
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Tahir Shah |
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The real reason for quest is always self-knowledge.
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literature
quest
writing
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Thomas C. Foster |
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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.
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endurance
health
quest
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Tahir Shah |
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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?
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quest
search
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E.R. Eddison |
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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.
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key
quest
ready-player-one
science
science-fiction
undead
undead-king
video-game
video-games
wade
wade-watts
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