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“Count Felix von Luckner once told me: 'One cannot go out in search of adventure and always find it. Adventure will find you--if it comes at all.' I must confess that I disregarded this advice and went out to meet adventure half-way.”
― Schuyler Jones, Under the African Sun

“And, as in all fairy tales, there was bloodshed, there was loss.”
― Jennifer McMahon, The Winter People

“What do you think destiny is? A smooth path that never jostles you? No. When you walk in your destiny, you will crash and fall more times than you can count. But the secret is to hold on to God’s vision for your life — and for the lives of those He puts under your charge. No matter how many times you fall, crash, and fail, you get up. You get up and face your obstacles.”
― Tessa Afshar, Harvest of Gold

“I wondered why she craved this knowledge and found myself remembering that she was, after all, an anthropologist.”
― Elizabeth Kostova, The Historian