I know you think this world is too dark to even dream in color, but I’ve seen flowers bloom at midnight. I’ve seen kites fly in gray skies and they were real close to looking like the sunrise, and sometime it takes the most wounded wings the most broken things to notice how strong the breeze is, how precious the flight.
We shall all live. We pray for life, children, a good harvest and happiness. You will have what is good for you and I will have what is good for me. Let the kite perch and let the egret perch too. If one says no to the other, let his wing break.
When the winds of adversity come, remember one thing--kites fly the very highest against the wind. Kites don't fly in spite of opposition, kites fly high because of opposition. In fact, they couldn't fly without opposition.
I’ve flown kites before and I know – sometimes they’re gone forever, and sometimes they’re just waiting in the middle of the road for you to rescue them. Kites can be lucky or they can be ornery. I’ve had both kinds, and a lucky kite is definitely worth chasing for.
Careful with fire is good advice we know. Careful with words is ten times doubly so.
And I began to let him go. Hour by hour. Days into months. It was a physical sensation, like letting out the string of a kite. Except that the string was coming from my center.
To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine.
I am a kite in a tornado, but I have a long string.
Let the kite perch and let the eagle perch too – If one says no to the other, let his wing break.
You can teach people specific reasoning, such as how to fly a kite or build a wheel. General reasoning cannot be imparted upon people, particularly if they like things the way they are - meaning, if their reactions are very simple. The reason most people behave badly or poorly is because they only understand simple things.
A kite can be flown in an absolute vacuum if it can be towed at the speed of light.
Come up and be a kite, On a diamond flight!
My wife holds the kite strings that let me go 'weeeeeee', then she reels me back in.
The optimist pleasantly ponders how high his kite will fly; the pessimist woefully wonders how soon his kite will fall.
Crystalline swirls of sugar and flour still lingered in the air like kite tails.
I wish I was more stupid because I'm either completely ecstatic and joyous and absolutely high as a kite or I'm a bit morbid. There's never anything in between.
It's a sad day for American Capitalism when a man can't fly a midget on a kite over central park.
a kite is a victim you are sure of. you love it because it pulls.
After my bad experience as a kite, I simply refused to go about as a glowing Sadie-headed chicken. That’s fine for Carter, but I have standards.
You will find truth more quickly through delight than gravity. Let out a little more string on your kite.
