James A. Michener on history

Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.

America is a nation with many flaws, but hopes so vast that only the cowardly would refuse to acknowledge them.

I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.

History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.

The man who has no sense of history, is like a man who has no ears or eyes.

Adolf Hitler1889–1945

There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.

Harry S. Truman1884–1972