Stick and Rudder; written by Wolfgang Langewiesche. The book showcases the first attempt at the analysis of flying. The ambitious claim from the author insinuates that a thorough reading of the book is equivalent to many flying hours in the air.
“In the very beginning, when the throttle is cut and the glide begun, the ship’s nose is pointed a little too high. As the speed slackens, it wants to go down. The pilot, trying to hold everything steady, responds to this by bringing the ship back. This keeps the nose up, but means a further loss of speed, and presently the nose wants to go down again.” (pg. 64)
I chose this quote because it shows that you have to trust in your aircraft to behave properly in the air; after all, you count on it to take you from point A to point B. Pilots can also be confused in the air, and slow reaction time during a stall could be fatal. When the pilot notices a stall, the instinct is the pull the stick back. When the author talks about the nose being up as well as the speed decreasing, this shows that the pilot may lift the nose even more. The plane then goes into a stall even quicker, due to high Angle of Attack.