quotes

But blue eyes called to blue. They had both recognized the other as having an inner self which the world at large seldom suspected; and they both shared a hidden ear for a trumpet call that passed unheard by most men and women. (Gordon Dickson, Beyond the Dar al-Harb, pg 29)

( more from Gordon Dickson short stories )

"Gods," murmured Ranald, "mourn that you can only fly; and were not a born a human who knows what it is to climb." (Gordon Dickson, Things Which Are Caesar's, pg 252)