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I do not enjoy writing at all. If I can turn my back on an idea, out there in the dark, if I can avoid opening the door to it, I won't even reach for a pencil.

Richard Bach

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Richard Bach
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: June 23
Aircraft Pilot
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Novelist
Opinion Journalist
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Oak Park
Illinois
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If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours if they don't they never were.
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