Jonathan is that brilliant little fire that burns within us all, that lives only for those moments when we reach perfection.
Source: On central metaphor in his best-seller Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Macmillan 70; in Time, 13 Nov 72
-- Richard Bach, (Jun 23 1936-____), US novelist, author; He wrote the allegorical novel Jonathan Livingston Seagull; filmed, 1973.