“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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“Another day. I’m tired.” Harper wasn’t the type of girl who could shop until she dropped. She was more of a “shop until you feel like punching random people for doing nothing more than bumping you with their bags” girl. “Time to eat.” As”
― Suzanne Wright, quote from Blaze
“Satan was declawed and detoothed at the cross. All he can do is roar at us and gum us a little. The only way he can harm us is through deception.”
― Bob George, quote from Classic Christianity: Life's Too Short to Miss the Real Thing
“Here was the other option: the tranquilizing chair. It was always waiting for her. It always wanted her back. It always wanted her to quit again, to sit down and never get back up.
In the end, Amy thought, everything always comes down to those two choices: stay down or stand up.”
― Grady Hendrix, quote from Horrorstör
“But if you are a person who needs no one’s approval, you are probably crazy and live alone on an island or the top of a mountain somewhere.”
― Chris Bohjalian, quote from The Guest Room
“He who helped thee when thou wert in trouble ought not afterwards to be despised by thee.”
― Jacob Grimm, quote from Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales
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