Quotes by Richard Bach

“You are never given a dream without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.”

“But one creature said at last, "I am tired of clinging. Though I cannot see it with my eyes, I trust that the current knows where it is going. I shall let go, and let it take me where it will. Clin...”

“Believe you know all the answers, and you know all the answers. Believe you're a master, and you are.”

“Jonathan Seagull discovered that boredom and fear and anger are the reasons that a gull's life is so short, and with those gone from his thought, he lived a long fine life indeed.”

“We reviewed the ways we had to bring customers: Method A, flying aerobatics at the edge of town. Method B, the parachute jump. Then we began experimenting with Method C. There is a principle that s...”

“The opposite of Loneliness is not Togetherness , It's Intimacy”

“What matters most:"What he had yearned to embrace was not the flesh but a downy spirit, a spark, the impalpable angel that inhabits the flesh."Wind, Sand and Stars.”

“Never stop being a kid, Richard. Never stop feeling and seeing and being excited with great things like air and engines and sounds of sunlight within you. Wear your little mask if you must to prote...”

“Things hurt more when you were alone, that was all.”

“Just read The Virtue of Minding Your Own Business. Oh my, what currents run deep! Beautifully seen, beautifully told. Praise praise praise . . . Pardon my French, but you are one darn major America...”

“No one does anything uncharacteristic of who they are.”

“The best way to avoid responsibility is to say, 'I've gotresponsibilities.”

“Craziness is only a matter of degree, and there are lots of people besides me who have the urge to roll heads. They go to stock-car races and the horror movies and the wrestling matches they have i...”

“There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the pl...”

“The deal is this. You be the hero. Come down here. Unarmed. Come inside with your hands on your head. I'll let everybody go. Then I'll blow your fucking head off. Sir. How's that for a deal? You bu...”

“if you argue for your limitations they are yours”

“When everything is at its worst, your mind just throws it all into the wastebasket and goes to Florida for a little while. There is a sudden electric what-the-hell glow as you stand there looking b...”

“Do you know why they call me the Count? Because I love to count! Ah-ha”

“We are game-playing, fun-having creatures, we are the otters of the universe.”

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