Adventure, ' then, is what might otherwise be called hardship if it were attempted in a different spirit. Turning a difficult task or a perilous journey into an adventure is largely a matter of telling yourself the right story about it, which is one thing that Lewis's child characters have learned from reading, 'the right books.Laura Miller
About This Quote
I found this quote on the internet, but I am not sure where it came from. It is very true that reading about great adventures can end up making us into adventurers. Reading "The Lord of the Rings" had a profound effect on J.R.R. Tolkien, perhaps because he had read about the adventures of the author's fictional hero, Bilbo Baggins, in many of his favorite books. The ability to make our lives an adventure is something that children learn from reading "the right books".
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