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The Little White Bird

Quote from J.M. Barrie, The Little White Bird

The reason birds can fly and we can’t is simply because they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings.

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The Seven Good Years

Quote from Etgar Keret, The Seven Good Years

Flights are expansive moments when the phone doesn’t ring and the Internet doesn’t work. The maxim that flying time is wasted time liberates me from my anxieties and guilt feelings, and it strips me of all ambitions, leaving room for a different sort of existence. A happy, idiotic existence, the kind that doesn’t try to make the most of time but is satisfied with merely finding the most enjoyable way to spend it.

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Scott Westerfeld

Quote from Scott Westerfeld, Goliath

Do you love him?”Deryn swallowed, then pointed at the screen. “He makes me feel like that. Like flying.

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Douglas Adams Life the Universe and Everything

Quote from Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything

The Guide says there is an art to flying”, said Ford, “or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

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