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“He was learning to live on several planes at once. The art of it was to forget everything except the ground you stood on…

— John le Carré

“The astronomer may speak to you of his understanding of space, but he cannot give you his understanding.”

— Kahlil Gibran

“The plain fact was he knew how to do it intuitively, but he could not articulate what it was that he did.”

— Eugene L. Lowry

“He didn't tell me I was a fool and that my idea would fall off the tracks on the way to the launchpad. He…

— Bob Goff

“Also, truth be told, he wasn't very good at flying a helicopter, despite several lessons. He seemed to lack the important ability to orient…

— Maggie Stiefvater

“He didn't quite know how to neutralize a threat that he couldn't shoot.”

— Lyn Gala

“Yes, Minister, it turns out that there was a mysterious force that caused that plane to crash. We call it gravity.”

— Daniel O'Malley

“He said that it was very difficult to become an astronaut. I said that I knew. You had to become an officer in the…

— Mark Haddon

“Most of what I know I've learned from falling, from placing the brighter side of my hands against the earth and pressing until vertical.…

— Rudy Francisco

“He took such high ground that there was no getting on to it.”

— Anthony Trollope

“For he was not strong enough to receive the impact of unfamiliar things without a little talk to break their fall.”

— Eudora Welty

“He asked whether I wanted to become an astronaut and I said I did. He said that it was very difficult to become an…

— Mark Haddon