"Then it was intoxicating. The smooth takeoff, and the free feeling of having the world drop away. Soon after leaving the ground, they were crossing patches of stratus that lay in the valleys as heavy and white as glaciers. North for the first time. It was still an adventure, as exciting as love, as frightening."

-- James Salter

#Adventure Quotes #White Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“I can't remove the autobiographical slant from the things I write. You always bring yourself into what you're writing.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“All obedience begins in the affections, and nothing in religion is done right, that is not done there first.”
“We ought to know about our culinary past. Food and identity is terribly important ... I don't mean we should go out and eat historic dishes, but we should know what makes us different ... self-confident nations have that sense of where they come from.”
“Everyone gets scared, and everyone falls. The key is to get right back up and try again.”
“Speaking with passion born of your own authentic experience and belief is always persuasive.”
“With participation in politics so low at the moment I think Christians should ensure their views are represented at all levels and not leave it to others.”
“The happiest people I know are people who don't even think about being happy. They just think about being good neighbors, good people. And then happiness sort of sneaks in the back window while they are busy doing good.”
“If there are finer beings than German short hairs, I don't know what they are. In their eyes is peace.”

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