“I'm the kind of Flying Wallenda who prays for a good net. That's all. Just a good net.”
“the flying fish and the diving bird had been netted.”
“Human thought, flying on the trapezes of the star-filled universe, with mathematics stretched beneath, was like an acrobat working with a net but suddenly noticing that in reality there is no net.”
“. . . Dream and the way will be clear . . . Pray and the angels will hear . . . Leap and the net will appear.”
“When a man is born...there are nets flung at it to hold it back from flight. You talk to me of nationality, language, religion. I shall try to fly by those nets.”
“When the soul of a man is born in this country there are nets flung at it to hold it back from flight. You talk to me of nationality, language, religion. I shall try to fly by those nets.”