Adrenaline wants to kill you...

— Deyth Banger

Dave was a confirmed serotonin junkie. Any day of the year, he chose a good book, a hot upper, and air-conditioning over jeopardy to life and limb.

— Dan Sofer

Fear triggers the fight-or-flight response, fueled by adrenaline, which, as it turns out, is chemically related to amphetamines. Granted, it's a very different kind of high for mind fuckers: not a mellow, floaty "my vulva is one with the universe" high but a jittery, revved-up "oh fuck oh fuck" kind of high. Endorphins are like great downers, but adrenaline is uppers all the way. And it's just as addictive. Don't believe me? Go ask anyone who likes to jump off bridges or out of airplanes. - Edge

— Tristan Taormino

I might be manipulating you to create risk for myself.

— Sharon Stone

Pain today, pussy tomorrow.

— Bobby Adair

See, my aim is not to survive but to be thrown to the wolves with adrenaline still pumping in my veins and hear the gods laughing saying ”that was one hell of a youth” and everything I do in order to push my senses and levels of natural ecstasy. I want to be so awake that I pass out by exhaustion every night with a smile on my face and no thoughts of tomorrow because today was all I ever could make of it, and I am sick and tired of boredom. Bored people slumbering boring words about bored habits and I want to get out.

— Charlotte Eriksson

Sometimes we have one chance, to ride that wave, one opportunity to jump on, take a deep breath and feel the rush of adrenaline. . . Don't miss your chance.

— Heidi Reagan

Stop being an adrenaline junkie who is waiting for the happy ending instead of seeing the happy being.

— Andrea T. Goeglein

Stories set the inner life into motion, and this is particularly important where the inner life is frightened, wedged, or cornered. Story greases the hoists and pulleys, it causes adrenaline to surge, shows us the way out, down, or up, and for our trouble, cuts for us fine wide doors in previously blank walls, openings that lead to the dreamland, that lead to love and learning, that lead us back to our own real lives as knowing Willis women.

— Clarissa Pinkola Estés

The human body is robust. It can gather strength when it's in mortal danger.

— Toni Morrison