Jonathan Livingston Seagull

"If our friendship depends on things like space and time, then when we finally overcome space and time, we've destroyed our own brotherhood! But overcome space, and all we have left is Here. Overcome time, and all we have left is Now. And in the middle of Here and Now, don't you think that we might see each other once or twice?"

I read Richard Bach's 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull -- A story' long time ago when it was mentioned by one of my mentors; it's a rather short story, about one's quest for perfection. A really inspiring story to keep one on track when the going gets tough.

Wikipedia says on the book:

"Clearly, Jonathan Livingston Seagull has joined Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Gibran's The Prophet, and, for a previous generation, Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye as one of those must-read books that one encounters in late adolescence and that remains with one forever."

True. At least the two I have read, this and LotR, will remain with me forever.