Stephen Coonts Quotes

#1. It's the most exciting thing you have ever done with your pants on!

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#2. Flying is like sex - I've never had all I wanted but occasionally I've had all I could stand.

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#3. Grieve not that I die young.
Is it not well to pass away
ere life hath lost its brightness?

Lady Flora Hastings

#4. How you see the world depends on how you look.

Kenneth Cole

#5. Here you are truly separate from the earth, at least for a little while, removed from the cares and concerns that occupy you on the ground.

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#6. With the stick in my right hand, the throttle in my left, and the rudder beneath my feet, I can savor that essence from which life is made.

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#7. Mistakes are inevitable in aviation, especially when one is still learning new things. The trick is to not make the mistake that will kill you.

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#8. A little mountain will kill you just as dead as a big one if you fly into it.

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#9. I did try fillers once. Don't ever have fillers because when your cheekbones are high, it's chipmunk time.

Felicity Kendal

#10. All really great flying adventures begin at dawn.

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#11. The most crucial thing is to learn the craft: how to string sentences together, how to make your dialogue sound like real people, how to properly pace a story, how to develop interesting characters.

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#12. The irony of the information age is that it lends credibility to uninformed opinion.

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#13. The hard, inescapable reality is that anyone who flies may die in an airplane.

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#14. ...she certainly was one of the best proofreaders around, and knew her way around there, their, and they're.

Sara Branmore

#15. Airplanes are like women - pick what you like and try to get it away from the guy who has it, then dress it out to the limit of your wallet and taste.

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#16. The first private space of my own wasn't a dorm room; it was a hotel room in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Rob Lowe

#17. I wandered through the stacks, running my hands along the spines of the books on the shelves, they reminded me of cultured or opinionated guests at a wonderful party, whispering to each other.

Janet Fitch

#18. The best way to know someone is to have a conversation with them.

Neal Stephenson

#19. Flight is romance - not in the sense of sexual attraction, but as an experience that enriches life.

Stephen Coonts