I have never thought of myself as a good writer. Anyone who wants reassurance of that should read one of my first drafts. But I'm one of the world's great rewriters.
James A. MichenerRead
Every animal that walks the earth, or swims, or flies is precious beyond description, something so rare and wonderful that it equals the stars or the ocean or the mind of man.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote emphasizes the intrinsic value and rarity of all forms of animal life.
James A. Michener's quote highlights the profound worth of every creature on Earth, likening their rarity and significance to the vastness of the stars, the ocean, and the human mind. It suggests that just as we marvel at the beauties of nature and the complexities of humanity, we should acknowledge and cherish the unique role that each animal plays in our world.
Themes
AnimalsNatureValuePreciousLifeWonder
In practice
Example use cases
During a nature conservation talk, this quote can inspire attendees to appreciate wildlife.
More from James A. Michener
All quotes →Whenever I start a book, I swear it's going to be a short one. But then it's, 'Who was his grandfather? And how did he get there in the first place? And what kind of animals is he chasing?'
James A. MichenerRead
Rampaging horsemen can conquer; only the city can civilize.
James A. MichenerRead
I think the crucial thing in the writing career is to find what you want to do and how you fit in. What somebody else does is of no concern whatever except as an interesting variation.
James A. MichenerRead
If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabit with dignity all the days of his life.
James A. MichenerRead
I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.
James A. MichenerRead
Similar quotes
The teeming Autumn big with rich increase, bearing the wanton burden of the prime like widowed wombs after their lords decease.
William ShakespeareRead
One goes to Nature only for hints and half-truths. Her facts are crude until you have absorbed them or translated them ... It is not so much what we see as what the thing seen suggests.
John BurroughsRead
I want my body to help fertilize the growth of a cactus or cliff rose or sagebrush or tree.
Edward AbbeyRead
It was Autumn, and incessant Piped the quails from shocks and sheaves, And, like living coals, the apples Burned among the withering leaves.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowRead
I have always kept ducks, even as a child, and the colours of their plumage, in particular the dark green and snow white, seemed to me the only possible answer to the questions that are on my mind.
W. G. SebaldRead
In the spring rain, The pond and the river Have become one.
Yosa BusonRead