Views from the Cockpit Quotes

“I did not want to fight. I did not want to argue. I just wanted to look into her eyes to get a sense of her soul’s motivation.”
― Ross Victory, Views from the Cockpit: The Journey of a Son

“I saw portraits of pain and snapshots of hope—they appeared as complex energies, softly kaleidoscopic, levitating in air with no connotations to joy or pain.”
― Ross Victory, Views from the Cockpit: The Journey of a Son

“The airplanes slowly taxied to the beginning of the runway, humbly and calmly with flaps down, bowing with deference to the infinite sky.”
― Ross Victory, Views from the Cockpit: The Journey of a Son

“The elixir of life, I think, starts in our mind—the willful exploration of the subconscious and choosing our experience over external factors. Perhaps the elixir originates from an internal throbbing—an ache—a voice driving us to search. Dare we DECIDE to give voice to our journey and elect to be cured by the peace and confidence in purpose it brings.”
― Ross Victory, Views from the Cockpit: The Journey of a Son

“God has nothing to do with church business.”
― Ross Victory, Views from the Cockpit: The Journey of a Son

“This book is about our lives and legacy as men connected through blood and– should nature have its way– the ultimate choice we as sons face to preserve our father’s legacy or to torch it to build something new.”
― Ross Victory, Views from the Cockpit: The Journey of a Son