Claire reflects on the spiritual and psychological impact of aviation, questioning why the physical act of flying hasn't fundamentally transformed the human soul. She grapples with the tension between the exhilaration of being 'loose' in the air and the disappointing reality of returning to earth unchanged.
CLAIRE: But our own spirit is not something on the loose. Mine isn't. It has something to do with what I do. To fly. To be free in air. To look from above on the world of all my days. Be where man has never been! Yes--wouldn't you think the spirit could get the idea?
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