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Flying Quotes - Page 11

Of habit, the power that keeps the earth from flying to pieces; though there is some silly theory of gravitation.

O. Henry (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of O. Henry (Illustrated)”, p.642, Delphi Classics

Maybe we are all prospective migrants. The lines of national borders on maps are artificial constructs, as unnatural to us as they are to birds flying overhead. Our first impulse is to ignore them.

"Now that I've finally been admitted to Britain it seems that everyone else suddenly wants to leave" by Mohsin Hamid, www.theguardian.com. August 5, 2008.

When you launch in a rocket, you're not really flying that rocket. You're just sort of hanging on.

"Disaster in space" by Robin McKie, Peter Beaumont and Ed Vulliamy, www.theguardian.com. February 2, 2003.

[Flying kite with my friends] is one of the seminal memories of growing up for me.

"GeekDad Interview: Khaled Hosseini, Author of The Kite Runner". Interview with Tony Sims, www.wired.com. September 30, 2011.

Dripping rain like golden honey- And the sweet earth flying from the thunder

Jean Toomer (1988). “The Collected Poems of Jean Toomer”, p.10, UNC Press Books

See driving is like stabbing someone, it's very personal. While flying is like shooting someone, it's more distant.

"Dirty South: OutKast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and the Southern Rappers Who Reinvented Hip-Hop". Book by Ben Westhoff, 2011.