His love of danger, his intense appreciation of the drama of an adventure--all the more intense for being held tightly in--his consistent view that every peril in life is a form of sport, a fierce game betwixt you and Fate, with Death as a forfeit, made him a wonderful companion at such hours.
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The Lost World
by
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"The average man don't like trouble and danger."
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by
Mark Twain
Ill armed and half starved, they were still desperate men, to whom danger had lost all fears: for what was death that they should shun it to cling to such a life as theirs?
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The White Company
by
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle