“A kite flies against the wind, not with it.”
“Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.”
“Her lips remind me of kite strings and I find myself thinking about panda bears. Panda bears do not fly kites, I tell myself. 'I thought you were dead,' she says.Maybe if you taped a kite to a panda paw and scared the panda so that it started running, the kite might start to lift off.”
“When the wind stops, kite falls but bird flies; because bird did not borrow the wind when rising!”
“A certain amount of opposition is of great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with the wind.”