Richard Bach

There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts.

If you will practice being fictional for a while, you will understand that fictional characters are sometimes more real than people with bodies and heartbeats.

True love stories never have endings.

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

Tell him I said that he will know when he's my age that books aren't written on whims or old promises. Books are written on years turned inside out by ideas that never let go until you get them in print, and even then writing's a last resort, a desperate ransom you pay to get your life back.

You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.

The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder.

I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody who feels the same way about me.

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

I don't want to do business with those who don't make a profit, because they can't give the best service.

The more I want to get something done the less I call it work.

Ask yourself the secret of your success. Listen to your answer and practice it.

What the student calls a tragedy the master calls a butterfly.

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

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 places we've chosen to go.

What the caterpillar calls a tragedy the Master calls a butterfly.

A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit.

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