"He is like a drug to you, Bella." His voice was still gentle, not at all critical. "I see that you can't live without him now. It's too late. But I would have been healthier for you. Not a drug; I would have been the air, the sun."
The corner of my mouth turned up in a wistful half smile. "I used to think of you that way, you know. Like the sun. My personal sun. You balanced out the clouds nicely for me."
He Sighed. "The clouds I can handle. But I can't fight with an eclipse."
— Stephenie Meyer

"Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit."
— Henry David Thoreau

"You may not believe in magic but something very strange is happening at this very moment. Your head has dissolved into thin air and I can see the rhododendrons through your stomach. It's not that you are dead or anything dramatic like that, it is simply that you are fading away and I can't even remember your name."
— Leonora Carrington (The Hearing Trumpet)

"“I’ve got the key to my castle in the air; but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen” "
— Louisa May Alcott

"People today have forgotten they're really just a part of nature. Yet, they destroy the nature on which our lives depend. They always think they can make something better. Especially scientists. They may be smart, but most don't understand the heart of nature. They only invent things that, in the end, make people unhappy. Yet they're so proud of their inventions. What's worse, most people are, too. They view them as if they were miracles. They worship them. They don't know it, but they're losing nature. They don't see that they're going to perish. The most important things for human beings are clean air and clean water."
— Akira Kurosawa (Something Like An Autobiography)

"If after I read a poem the world looks like that poem for 24 hours or so I'm sure it's a good one—and the same goes for paintings. "
— Elizabeth Bishop

"I can't wait till the air you breathe out can be the air I breathe in"
— HeatherMay me

"17th 09 09

A CRASH victim, who cheated death after an horrific head-on collision, has paid tribute to the air crew who saved his life.

Lee Moore, aged 23, of Gillingham, is certain he would have died had he not been flown to hospital by the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance after sustaining serious head injuries in the high-speed crash on the A357 in September last year. Luckily for Mr Moore, the air ambulance is stationed at nearby Henstridge airfield and quick-thinking paramedics were on the scene almost immediately to administer emergency first aid before rushing him to Dorset County Hospital.

Mr Moore is in no doubt that he owes the crew his life.

He said: "Without the air ambulance, there is not a chance in hell that I would have made it. The whole left side of my face was smashed in and my left eye was hanging out. I can't remember anything about the crash but I do know that if I had been taken to hospital by road, I would not be here today."

On Sunday, almost exactly a year to the day after the crash, Mr Moore met his rescuers at Compton Abbas airfield, along with his father Philip Moore.


Philip, who runs an aircraft servicing business from the airfield, is also a part-time author who has five published books. He has now pledged to donate £2 from every book sold to the air ambulance. Philip, also of Gillingham, said: "When we heard about the accident we thought we had lost him but the air ambulance did an incredible job and I am so grateful to them. Thanks to them, within an hour of the crash Lee had been flown to hospital, operated on, bandaged up and sent to the specialist head injury unit in Southampton. They saved his life."

The incident happened at around 1.15pm on Friday, 12 September 2008, as Mr Moore was driving his Rover 214 while on lunch break from his job at Stalbridge Quarry.

His car was in collision with another vehicle being driven by a 49-year-old woman, with her heavily-pregnant daughter as a passenger. Mr Moore came off worst and had to be cut free from his car. He suffered a fractured skull, a punctured lung, a crushed eye socket and severe abdominal injuries. Much of his scalp was also torn off in the crash. While Mr Moore endures an agonising recovery process, he says his thoughts constantly turn to the air crew that saved him.

He said: "I have this feeling in me that I need to express my gratitude to them for what they did. It is something I really need to do."

NOVEL IDEA: Grateful father Philip Moore, is donating the proceeds from sales of his aviation themed books to the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance which saved the life of his son, Lee, after a road accident last year. Picture by Jennie Banks


Philip's new book Kez , a teenage adventure story, can be ordered from most book shops or Amazon.co.uk. For more information, visit his website www.philiplmoore.com
"
— western Gazette

"Whenever I meet someone (from western countries) whom I don't know, he/she always asks "Do you play outdoor games?" Well! Ofcourse! Once I played billiards in open roof free air cafe. :D"
— Amanullah Ashraf

"Sunday the 13th 9th 2009 was a very emotional day, I had organised a book signing at Compton Abbas Airfield at Shaftesbury in Dorset. The day was nice and sunny, but there was quite a strong wind, and in the shade, which is where my stall was it seemed very cold, but it was a good day.
I was joined by friends and family, as the whole point of this book signing was to raise money for the Air Ambulance. On the 12th of Sept 2008 my son was in a terrible car crash which nearly killed him, but luckily the Air Ambulance were close by and they saved his life (On the scene in two and a half minutes). So this year 12 months after the accident, I had this book signing to raise some funds and say thank you, the day went well.
What I wasn’t prepared for was meeting the crew who saved him that day, listening to them explain all about what they did and what sort of state he was in, really put a lump in my throat and my eyes filled with tears, I was struggling not to cry. This is a service that operates on donations only, there is no government funding, no NHS funding just us every day people donating funds along with businesses.

So once again a big thank you to these people and if any of you feel like making a donation to a charity, please give a thought to the Air Ambulance as you never know when it may be you in need of their help.

Thank you

Phil
"
— Philip L Moore

"So I do have this ambivalence. Obviously I'm against militaries, because of what militaries do. In many ways though, the air force was unmilitary-like. They dropped bombs on people, but...they had a golf course."
— George Carlin (Last Words)

"The demons don't like fresh air. What they like best is if you stay in bed with cold feet."
— Bergman, Ingmar

"I hope this will give some check to the rage of destroying trees that grow near houses, which has accompanied our late improvements in gardening, from an opinion of their being unwholesome. I am certain, from long observation, that there is nothing unhealthy in the air of woods; for we Americans have every where our country habitations in the midst of woods, and no people on earth enjoy better health, or are more prolific."
— Benjamin Franlin; 'The Invention of Air' by Steven Johnson