Long Flights

Famous quotes containing the words long and/or flights:

    “Lo! he babbles of the fish-frys of long ago,
    Of the horse-races of long ago at Clary’s Grove,
    Of what Abe Lincoln said
    One time at Springfield.”
    —Edgar Lee Masters (1869–1950)

    “It is true that writers often owe their most inspired thoughts, their most extraordinary phrases, to their generous typesetters, who assist their flights of fancy with so-called typographical errors.”
    —E.T.A.W. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus Wilhelm)