America is a nation with many flaws, but hopes so vast that only the cowardly would refuse to acknowledge them. – James Michener
An age is called “dark,” not because the light fails to shine but because people refuse to see it. – James Michener
If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home. – James Michener
I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions. – James Michener
Americans, unhappily, have the most remarkable ability to alchemize all bitter truths into an innocuous but piquant confection and to transform their moral contradictions, or public discussion of such contradictions, into a proud decoration, such as are given for heroism on the battle field. – James Baldwin