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The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls the butterfly.

Richard Bach

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Richard Bach
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: June 23
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Mortalhood is a fine state to visit, but you'd better not call it home.
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