My soul is in the sky. – William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

I was on the point of cutting the cord that suspended me between heaven and earth… and measured with my eye the vast space that separated me from the rest of the human race… I felt myself precipitated with a velocity that was checked by the sudden unfolding of my parachute. – André-Jacques Garnerin, 1797

You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice. – Author Unknown

You know you’re a skydiver when you know what the lines mean on a weather map. – Author Unknown