{"quotes":[{"text":"We laughed as we ducked behind a pile of snow. Then our brothers came charging through the barrier, sending the four of us sliding down a white slope full of cherished memories.","author":"Erica Sehyun Song","tags":["adventure","adventure-fiction","adventures","coming-of-age","fantasy","fantasy-fiction","fantasy-ya","fiction","fiction-fantasy","historical-fiction","siblings","victorian","young-adult","young-adult-fantasy","young-adult-fiction"],"id":2809,"author_id":"Erica+Sehyun+Song"},{"text":"I leave such ventures ti you younger men with the fever of life still in your blood.","author":"Kate Chopin","tags":["adventures","kate-chopin","mgg","the-awakening","youth"],"id":4235,"author_id":"Kate+Chopin"},{"text":"She snorted in amusement at my remark. “When are the guards going to start to notice?” Keith peered into the distance. “Starting now,.","author":"Erica Sehyun Song","tags":["adventure","adventure-fiction","adventures","fantasy","fantasy-fiction","fantasy-ya","fantasy-young-adult","fiction","fiction-fantasy","fiction-novel","fiction-writing","fictional","fictions"],"id":15091,"author_id":"Erica+Sehyun+Song"},{"text":"Is there a place you can go to break away for a little while? If you haven't yet built your tree house, it's never too late to start.","author":"Gina Greenlee","tags":["adventure","adventure-travel","adventures","break-away","never-too-late","take-a-break"],"id":23304,"author_id":"Gina+Greenlee"},{"text":"A closed book will lie there like a dead horse. But an open book will kick, buck, and bolt through perceived adventures like a wild and free stallion. So hold on.","author":"Richelle E. Goodrich","tags":["adventures","book","books","horse","read","reading","richelle","richelle-goodrich","stories","story","tale","tales"],"id":25223,"author_id":"Richelle+E.+Goodrich"},{"text":"Oscar always said that books are truly our best friends. He said that they never think poorly of us and that they always have a shoulder for us to cry on or relieve stress. They take our minds away from the real world by telling us captivating stories. When we look back at our choice of books, we can nostalgically recall our younger years.","author":"Erica Sehyun Song","tags":["adventure","adventure-fiction","adventures","books","coming-of-age","fantasy","fantasy-fiction","fantasy-ya","fiction","fiction-fantasy","historical-fiction","victorian","young-adult","young-adult-fantasy","young-adult-fiction"],"id":34479,"author_id":"Erica+Sehyun+Song"},{"text":"Finding a taxi, she felt like a child pressing her nose to the window of a candy store as she watched the changing vista pass by while the twilight descended and the capital became bathed in a translucent misty lavender glow. Entering the city from that airport was truly unique. Charles de Gaulle, built nineteen miles north of the bustling metropolis, ensured that the final point of destination was veiled from the eyes of the traveller as they descended. No doubt, the officials scrupulously planned the airport’s location to prevent the incessant air traffic and roaring engines from visibly or audibly polluting the ambience of their beloved capital, and apparently, they succeeded. If one flew over during the summer months, the visitor would be visibly presented with beautifully managed quilt-like fields of alternating gold and green appearing as though they were tilled and clipped with the mathematical precision of a slide rule. The countryside was dotted with quaint villages and towns that were obviously under meticulous planning control. When the aircraft began to descend, this prevailing sense of exactitude and order made the visitor long for an aerial view of the capital city and its famous wonders, hoping they could see as many landmarks as they could before they touched ground, as was the usual case with other major international airports, but from this point of entry, one was denied a glimpse of the city below. Green fields, villages, more fields, the ground grew closer and closer, a runway appeared, a slight bump or two was felt as the craft landed, and they were surrounded by the steel and glass buildings of the airport. Slightly disappointed with this mysterious game of hide-and-seek, the voyager must continue on and collect their baggage, consoled by the reflection that they will see the metropolis as they make their way into town. For those travelling by road, the concrete motorway with its blue road signs, the underpasses and the typical traffic-logged hubbub of industrial areas were the first landmarks to greet the eye, without a doubt, it was a disheartening first impression. Then, the real introduction began. Quietly, and almost imperceptibly, the modern confusion of steel and asphalt was effaced little by little as the exquisite timelessness of Parisian heritage architecture was gradually unveiled. Popping up like mushrooms were cream sandstone edifices filigreed with curled, swirling carvings, gently sloping mansard roofs, elegant ironwork lanterns and wood doors that charmed the eye, until finally, the traveller was completely submerged in the glory of the Second Empire ala Baron Haussmann’s master plan of city design, the iconic grand mansions, tree-lined boulevards and avenues, the quaint gardens, the majestic churches with their towers and spires, the shops and cafés with their colourful awnings, all crowded and nestled together like jewels encrusted on a gold setting.","author":"E.A. Bucchianeri","tags":["adventures","airport","airports","charles-de-gaulle-airport","first-impressions","france","i-love-paris","paris","travel"],"id":34501,"author_id":"E.A.+Bucchianeri"},{"text":"I knew all about reading a lot. About how it could take you to a world what was better than the real one. A world where there were adventures and mysteries and magic. Except, of course, books ended eventually, and then you had to go back to being yourself.","author":"Chelsea Sedoti","tags":["adventures","better-world","books","enzo-calvetti","hawthorn-creely","lizzie-lovett","magic","mysteries","reading"],"id":45602,"author_id":"Chelsea+Sedoti"},{"text":"Oh no, princess. I would never carry out anything which could harm your being. This was just something I was told to say. I'm not sure what is planned, if, you go against their wishes. But, I'm sure you're smart and won't test them.","author":"Chayada Welljaipet","tags":["adventure-stories","adventure-travel","adventures","chayada-welljaipet","children","children-books","children-s-books","childrens-books","short-stories","short-story","short-story-collection"],"id":64624,"author_id":"Chayada+Welljaipet"},{"text":"She smiled sinisterly. Light mist started to slowly swirl around us. All I could see was her, the tall rocks and the white wall. She beckoned to me. I took a step and another. I was now ankle deep into the water. The mysterious girl smiled like a predator.","author":"Erica Sehyun Song","tags":["adventure","adventure-fiction","adventures","fantasy","fantasy-fiction","fantasy-ya","fantasy-young-adult","fiction","fiction-fantasy","fiction-novel","fiction-writing","fictional","fictions","mystery-suspense","sinister"],"id":72928,"author_id":"Erica+Sehyun+Song"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":107,"pages":11,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}