#story

A man who don't know history, he don't know anything. ↗

— Edward Johnston

#inspirational #inspirational

For every moment I smile, I've braved a thousand frowns. ↗

— Brian A. Brown

#my-life-story #real-life #inspirational

Each of us lives with a sword over his head. There are those who can ignore its shadow and those who cannot. Those who cannot are not necessarily better than those who can. But they are the creators of the special myth of their time, because any myth is the creation of the very few who cannot bear reality. ↗

— Murray Kempton

#activism-inspiration #american-history #ethics #myth #revolution

In the beginning was the word, and primitive societies venerated poets second only to their leaders. A poet had the power to name and so to control; he was, literally, the living memory of a group or tribe who would perpetuate their history in song; his inspiration was god given and he was in effect a medium. ↗

— Kevin Crossley-Holland

#language #poet #poetry #spoken #word

What is normal? Normal is yesterday and last week and last month taken together ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#important #inspiration #life #normal #what-happened

if reason ruled the world would history even exist? ↗

— Ryszard Kapuściński

#intelligence #logic #reason #intelligence

Cassia. I know which life is my real one now, no matter what happens. It’s the one with you. For some reason, knowing that even one person knows my story makes things different. Maybe it’s like the poem says. Maybe this is my way of not going gentle. I love you. (Ky Markham) ↗

— Ally Condie

#love #reason #story #strength #life

Where I'm from, we believe in all sorts of things that aren't true... we call it history. ↗

— Gregory Maguire

#life

Well, to be honest I think I'm a better short story writer than a novelist. Novels I find very hard, hours and hours, weeks and weeks, of conscious thought - whereas short stories slip out painlessly in a few days. ↗

— Eric Brown

#conscious #conscious thought #days #few #find

You know the saying: he who doesn't understand history is doomed to repeat it. And when it's repeated, the stakes are doubled. ↗

— Pittacus Lore

#life-lessons #life