Robin McKinley Quotes

He travels safest in the dark night who travels lightest.

Besides, isn't it more exciting when you don't have permission?

One must use the night.

Danger is to adventure what garlic is to spaghetti sauce. Without it, you just end up with stewed tomatoes.

Every minute of life I take a risk; it's part of the enjoyment.

Let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.

The speed is something dangerous but very exciting.

You never know where you stand - and I like that. I like to be on edge.

Always remember, it's simply not an adventure worth telling if there aren't any dragons.

To be perfectly honest, I like pressure. It's something I find exciting. And I am the kind of personality that gets very bored very easily. The work I try and involve myself with is ordinarily determined by how much it sort of frightens me.

A sure thing is no fun.

You risk working with this director, you risk making this movie, you risk working with another actor you don't know. It makes your heart beat faster. And it keeps you interested.

Nobody knew the Iron Man had fallen. Night passed.

Blessed be the night, which conceals and protects things fair and foul with the same indifferent mantle.

Nearly everything that was fun, of course, was also a little dangerous: riding roller coasters, skydiving, gambling, sex.

When the rhythm and night ride, no heart can hide.

The night swallowed him up like a thieving fox.

The risk of failure is part of the fun of what I do.

When you are feeling too dull and too domesticated get on a horse, sit tall in the saddle, and for a moment live in a world that feels like risk and adventure.

There is a joy in danger.

I'm ready for that adrenaline rush...with you.

The danger of an adventure is worth a thousand days of ease and comfort

I only work at night, generally. Usually when I work [during the day] I'll black out the windows or something.

You have chosen the wrong path if it's not fun. And you are probably not taking enough risk if it's not hard and rocky sometimes.

Falling in love is the right adventure for those who dislike sports and travel.