“Such promises are only for the gulls that accept the ordinary. One who has touched excellence in his learning has no need of that kind of promise.”

— Richard Bach , book Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1970)

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American spiritual writer 1936

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