“An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.”
― James A. Michener, quote from Space
“Always remember, John, that you and I live on a minor planet attached to a minor star, at the far edge of a minor galaxy. We live here briefly, and when we’re gone, we’re forgotten. And one day the galaxies will be gone, too. The only morality that makes sense is to do something useful with the brief time we’re allotted.”
― James A. Michener, quote from Space
“Keep your eye on the simple problems. Solve them, and everything else falls into place.”
― James A. Michener, quote from Space
“Don’t ever buy Monks Fishing, Stanley.”
― James A. Michener, quote from Space
“Over a hundred German scientists arrived here [Huntsville] at eleven o’clock on an April morning and by nightfall more than sixty had applied for cards at the free library.”
― James A. Michener, quote from Space
James A. Michener
Born place: in New York, New York, The United States
Born date February 3, 1907
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“If an entire nation could seek its freedom, why not a girl?”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, quote from Chains
“To love you is her nature. But hers is a love from which no good may come. And your desire for her will lead only to cold, dark places.”
― Ari Berk, quote from Death Watch
“They were probably descended from people who learned that if you look too hard at anyone on horseback you receive a sharp stinging sensation such as might be obtained by a stick around the ear. Not looking up at people on horseback had become hereditary. People who stared at people on horseback in what was considered to be a funny way never survived long enough to breed.”
― Terry Pratchett, quote from Interesting Times
“You do not say no to the girl with the deities.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, quote from Vessel
“the most powerful mind is the quiet mind. It is the mind that is present, reflective, mindful of its thoughts and its state. It doesn’t often multitask, and when it does, it does so with a purpose.”
― Maria Konnikova, quote from Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes
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