I love that Richard Bach decided to make a book of all the inspirational sayings he has shared all in one beautiful book; I recommend the hard cover, beneath the nice dust jacket, you discover a very classy red velvet book with gold lettering; it's small (4"1/2 x 5"1/2) so it fits in your satchel or pocketbook; contrary to what another reviewer wrote, these are not only the sayings from his book "Illusions", it includes sayings from All his books; it makes for a very interesting and inspiring compilation; I have the french version as well but it's large like a deluxe paperback book; you can use it as an oracle, have fun with it; I don't so much ask questions to get an answer, I find it more useful if you just pick it up to a random page, read the text and figure out what Life is trying to tell you; all in all, if you like Richard Bach' writings, this book will please you very much!