#history

History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

#crimes #follies #indeed #little #mankind

If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! ↗

— William Makepeace Thackeray

#author #become #books #could #down

I'm a history dork and a sci-fi dork. ↗

— Sprague Grayden

#history #i #sci-fi

History has not dealt kindly with the aftermath of protracted periods of low risk premiums. ↗

— Alan Greenspan

#dealt #history #kindly #low #periods

Whatever we do or fail to do will influence the course of history. ↗

— Arthur Henderson

#fail #history #influence #whatever #will

History is the key to everything: politics, religion, even fashion. ↗

— Eva Herzigova

#everything #fashion #history #key #politics

In terms of writing about horses, I fell backwards into that. I was intent on getting a Ph.D., becoming a professor, and writing on history but I got sick 14 years ago when I was 19. Getting sick derailed that plan completely. ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

#ago #backwards #becoming #completely #fell

Language is an archaeological vehicle... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human effort and history. ↗

— Russell Hoban

#effort #history #human #human effort #language

My major allegiance has been to storytelling, not to history. ↗

— Russell Banks

#been #history #major #storytelling

The past is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets and re-explains what has happened. ↗

— Peter Berger

#changing #flexible #happened #interprets #malleable