I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions. – James Michener
If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home. – James Michener
An age is called “dark,” not because the light fails to shine but because people refuse to see it. – James Michener
America is a nation with many flaws, but hopes so vast that only the cowardly would refuse to acknowledge them. – James Michener
When I dance, I dance; when I sleep, I sleep. Nay, and when I walk alone in a beautiful Orchard, if my Thoughts are some part of the Time taken up with strange Occurrences, I some part of the Time call them back again to my Walk, or to the Orchard, to the Sweetness of the Solitude, and to my self. – Michel de Montaigne, “Of Experience,” translated from French by Charles Cotton