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

No one’s hungry in the first few seconds of a skydive. – Brad Pilon, advocate of intermittent fasting

How strange is this combination of proximity and separation. That ground—seconds away—thousands of miles away. – Charles A. Lindbergh

Minds are like parachutes — they only function when open. – Author Unknown