5 James Michener Quotes on Nature

James Michener quotes on nature

10. It was the silent time before dawn, along the shores of what had been one of the most beautiful lakes in southern Africa.

18. About a billion years ago, long before the continents had separated to define the ancient oceans, or their own outlines had been determined, a small protuberance jutted out from the northwest corner of what would later become North America.

19. 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.

24. 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: a mighty ocean, resting uneasily to the east of the largest continent, a restless ever-changing, gigantic body of water that would later be described as Pacific.

29. On 24 October 1944 Planet Earth was following its orbit about the sun as it has obediently done for nearly five billion years.