“The embrace of present and past time, in which English antiquarianism becomes a form of alchemy, engenders a strange timelessness. It is as if the little bird which flew through the Anglo-Saxon banqueting hall, in Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum, gained the outer air and became the lark ascending in Vaughan Williams's orchestral setting. The unbroken chain is that of English music itself.” IfsLittlesPastFormAirStrangeBirdEmbraceSettingSettingsChainsHallsFlewAlchemyUnbrokenTimelessnessLarksAscendingAnglo SaxonEnglish Music Author:Peter Ackroyd
“The stars were my best friends. The air was full of legends and phantoms, full of mythical and fair-tale creatures, which suddenly flew away over the roof, so that one was at one with the firmament.” StarsMagicAirCreaturesTalesFairyLegendsFairy TaleRoofMy Best FriendFlewPhantomsFirmament Author:Marc Chagall
“I flew on Air Force Two for eight years, and now I have to take off my shoes to get on an aeroplane.” YearsTwoForceAirShoesEightFlewAeroplanesAir Force Author:Al Gore
“Ye winds ye unseen currents of the air, Softly ye played a few brief hours ago; Ye bore the murmuring bee; ye tossed the air O'er maiden cheeks, that took a fresher glow; Ye rolled the round white cloud through depths of blue; Ye shook from shaded flowers the lingering dew; Before you the catalpa's blossoms flew, Light blossoms, dropping on the grass like snow.” LightHoursWhiteAirWindFlowerBlueDepthRoundsCloudsCurrentsSnowGrassCheeksBeesBoresUnseenDroppingFlewDewMaidensLingeringMurmuringWhite Clouds Author:William C. Bryant
“Two devils rose from the water, and flew off through the air, crying, 'Oh, oh, oh!' and turning one over another, in sportive mockery.” TwoHumorWaterReligiousAirCryDevilRoseFlewMockerySportive Book:The Life of Luther Source: The Life of Luther
“The first time I flew, it was being alive. Nothing was pressing under me. I was living in the fullness of air; air all around me, no holding place to break the air spaces. It's worth everything to be alone in the air, alive.” FirstsSpaceBreakAliveAirFirst TimeFullnessFlew Book:Birdy Source: Birdy
“Hillary Clinton flew with President Bush to New York City on Tuesday. She was amazed at the changes aboard Air Force One. For eight years she believed that flight attendants couldn't wear clothes because it made the plane too heavy.” YearsMadeForcePresidentCitiesAirNew YorkClothesClintonHeavyEightFlightPlanesNew York CityAmazedPresident BushFlewTuesdayAir ForceFlight AttendantAir Force One Author:Argus Hamilton