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Quotes from Hawaii — James A. Michener

1907–1997 United States

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No man leaves where he is and seeks a distant place unless he is in some respect a failure.

Hawaii (1959)

It is difficult to be king when the gods are changing.

Hawaii (1959)

You love the Hawaiians as potential Christians, but you despise them as people. I am proud to say that I have come to exactly the opposite conclusion, and it is therefore appropriate that I should be expelled from a mission where love is not.

Hawaii (1959)

Look, son, if you calculate on getting me drunk and outsmarting me, quit now, because you simply can't do it.

Hawaii (1959)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: James A. Michener (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.