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1 " The sky and the earth,The night and the light,The heat and the cold,The rain and the drought;Those are my demigods.But the road,The road is my mistress.Devious and open,Harsh and nurturing,She seduces me with loveAnd dares me with deathIn equal measure.Just like any good woman. "
― Foster Kinn , Freedom's Rush II: More Tales from the Biker and the Beast
2 " I live in the Temple of Winds;Amid the night,Amid the light,Amid the half-light. "
3 " In this world, there are only a few things more available than gasoline: coffee, soda and beer. Oh, and bad advice. "
4 " Take a stand. If you end up standing alone, then dammit, stand alone. "
5 " If there’s a there there, there’s a road that’ll take you there. "
6 " I’m in a quandary. If I wash my hands before I eat fries, it’s healthy, right? But if I don’t wash my hands, I’m slowly building up my immune system. What to do, what to do… "
7 " The road listens. It believes in you. "
8 " The center-point of riding a motorcycle, and of life itself, is Freedom. "
9 " Saw about a dozen and a half bikers pull into a gas station. After watching them stop at the pumps, start up their bikes and ride to the front of the convenience store, stop, then fire up their bikes again and take off, I’ve come to conclusion that the most time consuming activity bikers engage in is finding neutral. "
10 " Riding a motorcycle is a tribute, a tip of the helmet as it were, to our rugged ancestors who challenge us through the dust of centuries, proof that we have succumbed to the safety nets of civilization. "
11 " Truck drivers are great with directions. Landmarks, road conditions, the works. The only problem is that they’ll give you five different routes to just get to the next town. By the time they’re done, you won’t know what the hell to do. "
12 " It truly is an odd thing we bikers do, riding through miserable conditions like this. We don’t invite them or look for them, surely, but when they are upon us we relish the challenge and silently claim the superiority of adventure over comfort, wilderness over warmth, discovery over certainty. "
13 " Riding a motorcycle takes vengeance on half-shut eyes, deadened ears, and dormant thoughts. "
14 " If you know where you’re going, you can get there;if you don’t know where you’re going, you can get everywhere. "
15 " Nothing shouts out “Celebrity!” as loudly as being a biker in desperate need of a shave, a haircut and clean clothes. "
16 " If it were illegal to kill insects, I’d be in the clink for three million years. "
17 " It truly is an odd thing we bikers do, riding through miserable conditions like this. We don’t invite then or look for them, surely, but when they are upon us we relish the challenge and silently claim the superiority of adventure over comfort, wilderness over warmth, discovery over certainty. "
18 " I have discovered biker paradise. It is called the Great Smoky Mountains. "
19 " Never breathe within forty yards of roadkill. "
20 " The Freedom Avatar is a biker. "
