In soloing - as in other activities - it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.

Aviation records don't fall until someone is willing to mortgage the present for the future.

Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.

I did for the fun of it

The lure of flying is the lure of beauty.

One of my favorite phobias is that girls, especially those whose tastes aren't routine, often don't get a fair break... It has come down through the generations, an inheritance of age-old customs, which produced the corollary that women are bred to timidity.

Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also get more notoriety when they crash.