Richard Bach

True love stories never have endings.

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.

If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they don't they never were.

Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished. If you're alive, it isn't.

What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.

"Illusions"

Remember where you came from, where you're going, and why you created this mess you got yourself into in the first place.

"Illusions"

Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness.
Listen to it carefully.

"Illusions"

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself.

"Illusions"

I do not exist to impress the world. I exist to live my life in a way that will make me happy.

"Illusions"

The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.

"The Bridge Across Forever"

I felt like a moth in a chandelier — all at once there were lots of pretty choices, but I wasn't quite sure where to fly.

"The Bridge Across Forever"

That's what learning is, after all; not whether we lose the game, but how we lose and how we've changed because of it and what we take away from it that we never had before, to apply to other games. Losing, in a curious way, is winning.

"The Bridge Across Forever"

No one does anything uncharacteristic of who they are.

"The Bridge Across Forever"

Can miles truly separate you from friends... If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there?

Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding. Find out what you already know and you will see the way to fly.

"Jonathan Livingston Seagull"

Argue for your limitations and, sure enough, they're yours.

You're never given a dream without also being given the power to make it true.

"The Bridge Across Forever"