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An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.

— James A. Michener Space (1982)

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I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.

A group of two dozen nurses completely surrounded by 100,000 unattached American men.

On the heroines of Tales of the South Pacific (1947)

If you type adeptly with 10 fingers, you’re typing faster than your mind is working.

Until you've seen Zimbabwe, you live in darkness.

The Covenant (1980)

If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home.

Good Advice (1982)

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The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

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Matter gave birth to a passion that has no equal, which proceeded from something contrary to nature. Then there arises a disturbance in its whole body.

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Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

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