The air is the most mysterious, the most exciting, the most challenging of all the elements. We leave the planet, we leave the sea, we leave the earth. The air is no longer of this world . Arthur David Beaty More Quotes by Arthur David Beaty More Quotes From Arthur David Beaty Every novel is an attempt to capture time, to weave something solid out of air. The author knows it is an impossible task - that is why he keeps on trying. Arthur David Beaty air writing trying