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

— Richard Bach, book Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Source: Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1970)

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American spiritual writer 1936

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