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• You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true.
  You may have to work for it, however. -- R. Bach, "Messiah's Handbook...
• If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem.
  -- Richard Bach, "Illusio...
• The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.
  Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof. -- Richard Bach, Illusions [1977]...
• Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years.
  -- Richard Bach, "Illusio...
• The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. -- Richard Bach, "Illusio
• And what would you do if God spoke directly to your face and said, 'I command that you be happy in the world.
  As long as you live.' What would you do then? -- Richard Bach, "Illusio...