Anna's Adventures Boxset Quotes

“The planning of the journey was turning out to be even more exciting than usual. Over those months, I realised that excitement – like many of the other great emotions in the universe – is not halved in the presence of another person. It is, in fact, doubled. Like gas in a hot-air balloon, it expands to fill the space that you create for it between the two of you, and it allows you to float together above the clouds.”
― Anna McNuff, Anna's Adventures Boxset: Books 1 - 3: The Pants of Perspective, The United States of Adventure, Llama Drama.

“I recognised this set of thoughts and likened it to an elastic band. I realised that, in the first week of an adventure (or indeed of any great change in life), you are stretching yourself away from normality but you are still bound to it by a giant elastic band. Every fibre in your being wants to just let go, to give up the fight for forward motion and snap you right back to normality. To comfort, to knowing, to safety, to certainty. The further you move from what is familiar, the greater the resistance of the elastic band. It’s a test: how badly do you really want to be there? What are you willing to put up with in order to carry on?”
― Anna McNuff, Anna's Adventures Boxset: Books 1 - 3: The Pants of Perspective, The United States of Adventure, Llama Drama.

“had always found solace in how insignificant the planets and the stars made me feel, and tonight was no exception. If we are that tiny, if we are that insignificant, then what can the purpose of life be, except to be grateful for it and enjoy as many precious moments of it as possible?”
― Anna McNuff, Anna's Adventures Boxset: Books 1 - 3: The Pants of Perspective, The United States of Adventure, Llama Drama.

“I wanted to travel, to see the world. To hike, run, swim, cycle for thousands of miles into an endless horizon. Only… I couldn’t do that. Why couldn’t I do that? Could I? And then I realised, I could. The only person making me be here was me. I was here by choice. What a revelation! I could at any moment, entirely of my own free will, get up, walk out of the door and never come back.”
― Anna McNuff, Anna's Adventures Boxset: Books 1 - 3: The Pants of Perspective, The United States of Adventure, Llama Drama.