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The chief character in this narrative is the Caribbean Sea, one of the world's most alluring bodies of water, a rare gem among the oceans, defined by the islands that form a chain of lovely jewels to the north and east. - James A. Michener, Caribbean [1989] Only another writer, someone who had worked his heart out on a good book which sold three thousand copies, could appreciate the thrill that overcame me one April morning in 1973 when Dean Rivers of our small college in Georgia appeared at my classroom door. - James A. Michener, Centennial [1974] For some time now they had been suspicious of him. - James A. Michener, Chesapeake [1978] BUY VARYING HARE USED BOOK Millions upon millions of years ago, when the continents were already formed and the principal features of the earth had been decided, there existed, then as now, one aspect of the world that dwarfed all others. - James A. Michener, Hawaii [1959] I had been sent to Mexico to cover a murder, one of a remarkable kind. - James A. Michener, Mexico [1992] BUY VARYING HARE USED BOOK In a small Polish farm community, during the fall planting season of 1981, events occurred which electrified the world, sending reverberations of magnitude to capitals as diverse as Washington, Peking and especially Moscow. - James A. Michener, Poland [1983] BUY VARYING HARE USED BOOK In 1948 I addressed some students at Washington and Lee University, and in the question-answer period one young man observed with asperity, "But it's easy for you to write. You've traveled." - James A. Michener, Return to Paradise [1951] BUY VARYING HARE USED BOOK On 24 October 1944 Planet Earth was following its orbit about the sun as it has obediently done for nearly five billion years. - James A. Michener, Space [1982] BUY VARYING HARE USED BOOK I was surprised when shortly after New Year's Day of 1983, the Governor of Texas summoned me to his office, because I hadn't been aware that he knew I was in town. - James A. Michener, Texas [1985] It was the silent time before dawn, along the shores of what had been one of the most beautiful lakes in southern Africa. - James A. Michener, The Covenant [1980] BUY VARYING HARE USED BOOK Youth is truth. - James A. Michener, The Drifters [1971] On Tuesday the freighter steamed through the Straits of Gibraltar and for five days plowed eastward through the Mediterranean, past islands and peninsulas rich in history, so that on Saturday night the steward advised Dr. Cullinane, "If you wish an early sight of the Holy Land you must be up at dawn." - James A. Michener, The Source [1965] BUY VARYING HARE USED BOOK Cean turned and lifted her hand briefly in farewell as she rode away beside Lonzo in the ox-cart. Her mother and father and Jasper and Lias stood in front of the house, watching her go. - Caroline Miller, Lamb in His Bosom [1933] I am living at the Villa Borghese. There is not a crumb of dirt anywhere, nor a chair misplaced. We are all alone here and we are dead. - Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer [1934] Once you have given up the ghost, everything follows with dead certainty, even in the midst of chaos. - Henry Miller, Tropic of Capricorn [1939] Brother Francis Gerard of Utah might never have discovered the blessed documents, had it not been for the pilgrim with girded loins who appeared during that young novice's Lenten fast in the desert. - Walter Michael Miller, Jr., A Canticle for Leibowitz [1959] (ch. 1) Ecce eduardus ursus scalis nunc tump-tump-tump occipite gradus pulsante post Christophorum Robinum descendens. - A.A. (Alan Alexander) Milne, Winnie Ille Pu [1961] (ch. 1), (Latin translation by Alexander Lenard) Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it. And then he feels that perhaps there isn't. Anyhow, here he is at the bottom, and ready to be introduced to you. Winnie-the-Pooh. - A.A. (Alan Alexander) Milne, Winnie the Pooh [1926] (ch. 1) Yet once more, O ye laurels, and once more Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere. - John Milton, Lycidas [1638] Of Man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of Eden. - John Milton, Paradise Lost [1667] (bk. I, l. 1) Ever since my childhood, Father had often spoken to me about the Golden Temple. - Yukio Mishima, The Temple of the Golden Pavilion [1956] (ch. 1), (Ivan Morris translation) The morning express bloated with passengers slowed to a crawl, then lurched forward suddenly, as though to resume full speed. The train's brief deception jolted its riders. The bulge of humans hanging out of the doorway distended perilously, like a soap bubble to its limit. - Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance [1995] (prologue) On the morning of her eighteenth birthday, Yael Weiss stole a suit from a St. Louis dry-goods store. - Judith Claire Mitchell, The Last Day of the War [2004] Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were. - Margaret Mitchell, Gone With the Wind [1936] This is the story--the long and true story--of one ocean, two ships, and about a hundred and fifty men. - Nicholas Monsarrat, The Cruel Sea [1951] BUY VARYING HARE USED BOOK Displaying page 59 of 95 for this topic: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 [59] 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95
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