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To Philippe Petit

Submitted by alesnick on Sun, 02/10/2013 - 5:59pm

Another Icarus

But this one has friends and a sweet girl

Willing to plan with him

The father is not onscreen yet

And yet, he can't be too far off:

The garden, for instance, who paid?

The dentist bill?

The girl not so much accomplice

As companion on his way.

The thief.

-- by Alice Lesnick, 2012

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Submitted by interloper on Wed, 02/13/2013 - 12:16pm.

"When I see three oranges, I juggle; when I see two towers, I walk."- Phillippe Petit

Submitted by alesnick on Tue, 02/26/2013 - 9:54pm.

I LOVE this quote! Is it from the film?

Submitted by interloper on Wed, 02/27/2013 - 9:49am.

I have not seen the film, nor read his book, although I hope I will. I've seen the quote a few times while stumbling through the internet. http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/654988-when-i-see-three-oranges-i-juggle-when-i-see

Here is another good one attributed to him:
"I'm afraid of animals with too many legs or no legs at all." (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sabine-heller/philippe-petit-man-on-wir_b_570720.html)