"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats."

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"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats."

Explore more quotes by Kenneth Grahame

"It's never the wrong time to call on Toad. Early or late he's always the same fellow. Always good-tempered, always glad to see you, always sorry when you go!"

Time, Wrong

"When it began to grow dark, the Rat, with an air of excitement and mystery, summoned them back into the parlour, stood each of them up alongside of his little heap, and proceeded to dress them up for the coming expedition."

Dress, Excitement, Mystery

"Well, very long ago, on the spot where the Wild Wood waves now, before ever it had planted itself and grown up to what it now is, there was a city - a city of people, you know."

People, Now, Wood

"Toad talked big about all he was going to do in the days to come, while stars grew fuller and larger all around them, and a yellow moon, appearing suddenly and silently from nowhere in particular, came to keep them company and listen to their talk."

Adventure, Company, Moon, Stars, Talk

"The whole wood seemed running now, running hard, hunting, chasing, closing in round something or - somebody? In panic, he began to run too, aimlessly, he knew not whither."

Adventure, Hunting, Now, Running, Wood

"Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his dark and lowly little house with its spirit of divine discontent and longing."

Adventure, Discontent, Earth, Longing, Spirit

"Monkeys who very sensibly refrain from speech, lest they should be set to earn their livings."

Humor, Speech

"Independence is all very well, but we animals never allow our friends to make fools of themselves beyond a certain limit; and that limit you've reached."

Friendship, Animals, Fools, Friends, Independence

"Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing."

Society,

"The Wild Wood is pretty well populated by now; with all the usual lot, good, bad, and indifferent - I name no names. It takes all sorts to make a world."

Leisure, Name, Names, Now, Pretty

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"May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds."

Edward Abbey, American Author

Adventure, Clouds, Leading, May, Mountains

"Adventure is worthwhile."

Aesop, Greek Author

Adventure,

"I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing."

Lloyd Alexander, American Writer

Adventure, Writing

"Adventure is just bad planning."

Roald Amundsen, Norwegian Explorer

Adventure, Planning

"Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip."

Aristophanes, Greek Poet

Adventure, Nothing

"There is no certainty; there is only adventure."

Roberto Assagioli, Italian Psychologist

Adventure, Certainty

"I call for a collective adventure in generalized joy and freely interdependent exuberance."

Bob Black, American Activist

Adventure, Joy

"All the 20th we were endeavouring to get into Adventure Bay but were prevented by variable winds."

William Bligh, British Soldier

Adventure,

"Adventure Bay is a convenient and safe place for any number of ships to take in wood and water during the summer months: but in the winter, when the southerly winds are strong, the surf, on all parts of the shore, makes the landing exceedingly troublesome."

William Bligh, British Soldier

Adventure, Ships, Summer, Water

"I explained I wanted to descend as quickly as possible to camp IV in order to warm myself and gather a supply of hot drink and oxygen in the event I might need to go back up the mountain to assist descending climbers."

Anatoli Boukreev, Russian Athlete

Adventure, Order