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\u201cArgue for your limitations, and sure enough, they\u2019re yours.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Richard Bach<\/strong>, American author & aviator<\/p>\n

Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah<\/em> (1977) New York: Dell, January 1979 edition, p. 100<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-ban” add_icon=”true” title=”Re-Quote” tab_id=”1449531589281-1a7ccd5f-aa59094f-cf635381-89e51e0c-b8d7″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Re-quote note<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: A similar line is repeated in the same Bach text:<\/p>\n

\u201cHe walks on water, folks, and he is discouraged because he doesn\u2019t walk through walls.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut that was easy, and this\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cArgue for your limitations, and you get to keep them<\/span>,\u201d he sang. \u201cDid you not a week ago swim in the earth itself?\u201d<\/p>\n

[Source<\/em>: Richard Bach, Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977) Dell, 1979 edition, p. 131]<\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531588755-96303790-852e094f-cf635381-89e51e0c-b8d7″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Punctuation & line breaks original to Bach\u2019s text. Bach is citing from his[fictional] Messiah\u2019s Handbook, Reminders for the Advanced Soul, <\/em>also referred to in the book as Savior\u2019s Manual<\/em>, a \u201ccollection of maxims and short paragraphs.\u201d He later published a version of the Messiah\u2019s Handbook<\/em> in 2004.]:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe handbook was upside down in the grass where it had fallen. I turned it over carefully, and read.<\/p>\n

\u201cArgue <\/em><\/p>\n

for your limitations<\/em>,<\/p>\n

and sure enough<\/em>,<\/p>\n

they\u2019re <\/em><\/p>\n

yours<\/em>.\u201d (p. 100)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Source <\/em><\/strong>[Featured source & Re-quote]<\/span>: Library \u2013 Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah<\/em> (1977 \u2013 1979 edition cited) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 9780440139799<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315829087-ce67c619-0fbc5381-89e51e0c-b8d7″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cN<\/strong>ot being known doesn\u2019t stop the truth from being true.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Richard Bach<\/strong>, American author & aviator<\/p>\n

There\u2019s No Such Place As Far Away<\/em> (1979) New York: Delta\/Dell Publishing, February 1998 edition, [no page numbers in text]; online via Open Library [free subscription service] openlibrary.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315829475-7c82a017-1e625381-89e51e0c-b8d7″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Fiction. \u2018Seagull\u2019 to the narrator]:<\/p>\n

\u201cBut remember,\u201d he said, \u201cthat not being known doesn\u2019t stop the truth from being true<\/span>.\u201d (no page number)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315829682-63e8fade-cf4c5381-89e51e0c-b8d7″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/strong><\/em><\/span>: Library – There\u2019s No Such Place As Far Away<\/em> (1990|Delta 1998 ed.) online via Open Library [free subscription service]: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/theresnosuchplac00rich#page\/n35\/mode\/2up\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e51e0c-b8d7″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cShop for security over happiness and you buy it, at that price.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Richard Bach<\/strong>, American author & aviator<\/p>\n

Messiah\u2019s Handbook: Reminders for the Advanced Soul<\/em> (2004) Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads Publishing Co., p. 51 [no page numbers]; online via Open Library [free subscription service] openlibrary.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e51e0c-b8d7″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [None \u2013 Quoted line appears alone on the page.]\n

\u201cShop for security over happiness and you buy it, at that price.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e05381-89e51e0c-b8d7″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Library \u2013 Messiah\u2019s Handbook<\/em> () online via Open Library [free subscription service]: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/messiahshandbook00bach#page\/n49\/mode\/2up<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf635381-89e51e0c-b8d7″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cThe meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Richard Bach<\/strong>, American author & aviator<\/p>\n

Running from Safety<\/em> (1994) Delta, 1995, p. 83<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf635381-89e51e0c-b8d7″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Fictional dialogue. Italics original to cited text.]:<\/p>\n

\u201cToo beautiful, Dickie! From the top of that windmill, terror was in lowercase, WONDER! was in caps. The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: <\/span>Overcome fear, behold wonder<\/span>. <\/em>It\u2019s still true.\u201d (p. 83)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source ISBN” tab_id=”1449531592891-f39e055b-a66e094f-cf635381-89e51e0c-b8d7″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Library \u2013 Running from Safety<\/em> (1994|1995 Delta) International Standard Book No. (ISBN) 0-385-31528-7<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e51e0c-b8d7″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cThe opposite of loneliness…it\u2019s not togetherness. It is intimacy.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Richard Bach<\/strong>, American author & aviator<\/p>\n

The Bridge Across Forever<\/em> (1984) New York: Dell, New Dell edition, November 1989, p. 184<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e51e0c-b8d7″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Chapter 23]\n

\u201cI do not miss Leslie, I suppose. I miss what she represents for me at this time.<\/p>\n

The warrior left.<\/p>\n

There came another idea in its place, a thought altogether kind: The opposite of loneliness, Richard, it\u2019s not togetherness. It is intimacy.<\/span>\u201d (pp. 183-184)<\/p>\n

Source note<\/em><\/strong>: From Bach\u2019s introduction to The Bridge Across Forever<\/em>:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s written here happened in fact very nearly the way it\u2019s turned out in print. I\u2019ve taken a few liberties with chronology, some people in the book are composites, most of the names are fictitious. The rest I couldn\u2019t have invented had I tried; the truth wasn\u2019t plausible enough to have been fiction.\u201d (p. 14)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source ISBN” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e05381-89e51e0c-b8d7″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Library \u2013 The Bridge Across Forever<\/em> (1984|Nov. 1989 New Dell ed.) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 0-440-10826-8<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf635381-89e51e0c-b8d7″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cWe can lift ourselves out of ignorance, we can find ourselves as creatures of excellence and intelligence and skill.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Richard Bach<\/strong>, American author & aviator<\/p>\n

Jonathan Livingston Seagull <\/em>(1970) New York: Avon Books, January 1973 [First Avon printing], pp. 30-31; online via Open Library [free subscription service] openlibrary.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf635381-89e51e0c-b8d7″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Fiction, parable]:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Jonathan Seagull joined the Flock on the beach, it was full night. He was dizzy and terribly tired. Yet in delight he flew a loop to landing, with a snap roll just before touch-down. When they hear of it, he thought, of the Breakthrough, they\u2019ll be wild with joy. How much more there is now to living! Instead of our drab slogging forth and back to the fishing boats, there\u2019s a reason to life! We can lift ourselves out of ignorance, we can find ourselves as creatures of excellence and intelligence and skill<\/span>.\u201d (pp. 30-31)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1449531592891-f39e055b-a66e094f-cf635381-89e51e0c-b8d7″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Library \u2013 Jonathan Livingston Seagull<\/em> (1970|Jan. 1973 Avon Books ed.) online via Open Library [subscription service]: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/jonathanlivingst00bach?ref=ol#page\/30\/mode\/2up<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

Resources<\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”none” el_class=”Wrapper-Author-Resources”]Learn more about Richard Bach<\/strong><\/span>| Here are a few good places to find out more –<\/p>\n