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When you dream, all the scenery, characters, events, perils, and outcomes are built from your own consciousness, the darks and oppressions as well as the delights. Same with the world awake, though it takes you longer to build it.

Richard Bach

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Richard Bach
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: June 23
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