Flying Officer Barr

Famous quotes containing the words flying, officer and/or barr:

“Years in wingspans go
Across and over our heads. Watch them:
They are flying east. They are flying to the ebb
Of dark.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“A true military officer is in one particular like a true monk. Not with more self-abnegation will the latter keep his vows of monastic obedience than the former his vows of allegiance to martial duty.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)

“Old age is the verdict of life.”
—Amelia E. Barr (1831–1919)