"The doubters siad,
"Man can not fly,"
The doers aid,
"Maybe, but we'll try,"
And finally soared
In the morning glow
While non-believers
Watched from below."
— Bruce Lee

"Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it."
— Bruce Lee (Tao of Jeet Kune Do)

"If the future's looking dark, we're the ones who have to shine. If there's no one in control, we're the ones who draw the line."
— Rush (Lyrics)

"You are dead- what am I speaking to?"
— Phillip Pullman

"Inspiration comes in the middle of the night when you should be doing homework."
— Amy Lee

"All losers are romantics. It's what keeps us from blowing our brains out."
— Richard Kadrey (Butcher Bird: A Novel Of The Dominion)

"It's okay to laugh at me, I only look scary."
— Amy Lee

"People told me I can't dress like a fairy. I say, I'm in a rock band and I cand do whatever the hell I want!"
— Amy Lee

"When you go through tragedy, you can either let that destroy you and you become bitter and never let it go, or you can let it make you stronger and let it make you grow. And that's what I did. My lyrics are coming from a place that I want people to relate to and feel that they're not alone."
— Amy Lee

"I like to use two basic elements for my clothing: rock... you know, metal and chains and stuff - mixed with fairies and drama and Victorian clothing - fantasy."
— Amy Lee

"I think that our lyrics are defintely dark, but I know for a fact that we pull our inspiration from a million different influences. We listened to everything growing up. Our music isn't just 'opera metal' or 'gothic pop' it's just Evanescence."
— Amy Lee

"It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.

I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea;
But we loved with a love that was more than love-
I and my Annabel Lee;
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.

The angels, not half so happy in heaven,
Went envying her and me-
Yes!- that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we-
Of many far wiser than we-
And neither the angels in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.

For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling- my darling- my life and my bride,
In the sepulchre there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea. "
— Edgar Allan Poe Annabel Lee

"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

"Well.. Is that all you've got?.. I hope not..cuz you haven't finished entertaining me yet..
-Gaara to Rock Lee during the Chunin preliminary"
— Masashi Kishimoto

"I also did some jail time a few years ago. Spent a whole summer in jail reading books. I pumped a ton of new knowledge and new thinking into myself."
— Tommy Lee

"I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.~ Bruce Lee"
— Bruce Lee

"A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough."
— Bruce Lee

"Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there."
— Bruce Lee (Tao of Jeet Kune Do)

"To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.~ "
— Bruce Lee

"I think most people don't like their food to touch. They just don't have the guts to admit it."
-Adrian Monk"
— Lee Goldberg

"I'm a red-hot LEGO demon. I've got the building-block fever."
-Adrian Monk"
— Lee Goldberg