“I’ve spent so long trying to fly that it’s too late to set out on foot.”

“It may be that religion is dead, and if it is, we had better know it and set ourselves to try to discover other sources of moral strength before it is too late.”

“I'd spent so long trying to fit in, trying to be someone i wasn't, that i had no idea who i was any more.”

“I won't stand bein' broken hearted;
I won't be pushed around.
The rules were set when we got started,
But lately I have foundWe've spent too little time and too much heartache.
I feel we're losin' ground.
And lately I've been hearin'
You won't be needin' me around.”

“I’ve never been certain whether the moral of the Icarus story should only be, as is generally accepted, ‘don’t try to fly too high,’ or whether it might also be thought of as ‘forget the wax and feathers, and do a better job on the wings.”

“You and I, wonder at the sky, call God a different name. As we try, learn and long to fly — you and I are so differently the same.”

“So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late. - Lee Iacocca”

“Too late I stayed,—forgive the crime!
Unheeded flew the hours;
How noiseless falls the foot of time
That only treads on flowers.”

“4522. The Fly, that playeth too long in the Candle, singeth her Wings at last.”

“And it's too late, baby, now it's too late
Though we really did try to make it
Somethin' inside has died and I can't hide
And I just can't fake it.”