"I remember when I heard the Wright Brothers had done it. I was only a child. I remember the wonder, the unbelieving wonder. And it never leaves you, really."
His eyes looked away, through the man and into the long distance.
"And now we take things of beauty, the apex of engineering, and try to kill each other with them."
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Date: 2012-05-08 06:51 am (UTC)"I remember when I heard the Wright Brothers had done it. I was only a child. I remember the wonder, the unbelieving wonder. And it never leaves you, really."
His eyes looked away, through the man and into the long distance.
"And now we take things of beauty, the apex of engineering, and try to kill each other with them."