I’m here not because I am supposed to be here, or because I’m trapped here, but because I’d rather be with you than anywhere else in the world.
Richard BachAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist, Writer, Philosopher
- Nationality: american
- Born: June 23, 1936
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