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Everything of this life as a mortal is fiction. It seems real, but...

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Richard Bach
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: June 23
Aircraft Pilot
Military Officer
Novelist
Opinion Journalist
Philosopher
Prosaist
Writer
Oak Park
Illinois
Richard Bach
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Mortals
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I’m here not because I am supposed to be here, or because I’m trapped here, but because I’d rather be with you than anywhere else in the world.
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Everything is exactly as it is for a reason. The crumb on your table is no mystical reminder of this morning's cookie, it is there because you have chosen not to remove it. No exceptions.
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Heaven isnot a place, and it isnot atime.Heaven isbeing perfect.
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Shop for security over happiness and we buy it at that price.
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There are two tests that we [writers] have for all of our writing: So What? and Who Cares? There is an answer to both. The answer to Who Cares is that a reader cares, if the writing is good. The answer to So What is that these ideas give us completely new understanding, change our sense of who we [people] are and why we're here [on this planet].
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Listen to what you know instead of what you fear.
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Whatever enchants also guides and protects.
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One way to pick a future is to believe it’s inevitable.
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Some religions believe that there's a hierarchy, that you don't have a connection, but you must go through the shaman or the priest or whoever the religious leader is. And that's what surprises me, that some people who find a huge value in these kinds of systems also seem to enjoy ILLUSIONS. I can't figure it out.
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We love action and adventure, but we use it to go out and start wars and kill people.
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Learning is finding out what you already know.
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You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.
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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.
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In the United States Christmas has become the rape of an idea.
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Reality lies far beyond space and time, and I need to know why.
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What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly.
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Fear not, nor be dismayed at the appearance that is darkness, at the disguise that is evil, at the empty cloak that is death, for you have picked these for your challenges. They are stones on which you choose to whet the keen edge of your spirit.
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My way of writing a book is completely disorganized - to hurl myself at the problem, over and over.
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There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts.
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