Adventure Quote by Barry Kirwan

“He saw his coming death, and wasn’t afraid of it anymore. He’d miss all the good stuff to follow, but he’d help make it…

— James S.A. Corey

“These were his people--a strange thought. Maybe not his very own people, as in father, mother, brother, sister, but people just like him. He…

— Ted Dekker

“Even now, I found it difficult to believe that my father could or might be dying. He had always been a strong man, a…

— Ann Marston

“Great events, but it all seemed of small importance compared to what happened now, in this room. Who knew? The course of his life…

— Joe Abercrombie

“He was dazed, the soft thoughts sinking slowly in. A son. Even a daughter. His child. Immortality. A chance to make good. Pass on…

— Helen Hodgman

“When he asked if he was mine, tears in his eyes, I think he knew what he would do, what he would have to…

— Emma Forrest

“A final stand, then. One last battle. At least he could say that he had fought. When he met his brothers and sisters on…

— Paolo Bacigalupi

“That got him thinking about his life. It seemed a bitter, pointless sort of life now. No one was any better off because of…

— Joe Abercrombie

“He was like my father. They each wanted me to be their audience, to hear the things they needed to express.”

— Richard Ford

“I envied his inspiration, his optimism in focusing back on the painful but glorious days. They were caring days, when we knew what we…

— Bao Ninh

“No one had asked about his life, the years aboard ship. As a child she had been fascinated by the way he would come…

— Lakambini A. Sitoy

“He couldn’t help but wonder what people might say at his funeral, or at his father’s, should it come to pass. He thought that…

— Ari Berk