“i don’t understand the people who have wings and don’t use them. i suppose they’re interested in having a career. maybe they were already in love with somebody on the ground. but it seems… i don’t know. i can’t really understand it. wanting to stay down. choosing not to fly. wingless people can’t help it, it’s not their fault they’re grounded. but if you have wings…
of course they may be afraid of wing failure. wing failure doesn’t happen if you don’t fly. how can it ? how can something fail that never worked ?”
-changing planes, ursula k. le guin
