#story

My God, is this a date?" Jeff had asked when I asked if I could bring her along. "I don't know," I said. "She might still be happily lesbian. ↗

— Jefferson Bass

#my-life-story #ruined-youth #dating

History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided. ↗

— Konrad Adenauer

#avoided #been #could #sum #sum total

Story is a butterfly whose wings transport us to another world where we receive gifts that change who we are and who we want to be. ↗

— Harley King

#gifts #story #change

Lady Placida smiled. “History seldom takes note of serendipity when it records events. And from what I have heard, I suspect an argument could be made that you very much did earn the title.” “Many women have earned titles, Your Grace. It doesn't seem to have been a factor in whether or not they actually received them.” Lady Placida laughed. “True enough. But perhaps that is beginning to change.” She offered her hands. “It is a distinct pleasure to meet you, Steadholder. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#history #sff #wit #change

All of history is a malleable instrument in my hands. Ohhh, I have accumulated all of these pasts and I possess every fact—yet the facts are mine to use as I will and, even using them truthfully, I change them. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#truth #change

Watergate was unique because it allowed the public to play its democratic role in expressing its outrage at the presidency. And as a result, for the first time in history a president resigned. ↗

— Samuel Dash

#because #democratic #expressing #first #first time

In history, the moments during which reason and reconciliation prevail are short and fleeting. ↗

— Stefan Zweig

#fleeting #history #moments #prevail #reason

As individuals express their life, so they are. ↗

— Karl Marx

#philosophy #life

In this sense, Byzantine culture embodies the French historian Fernand Braudel's notion of the longue durée, the long term: that which survives the vicissitudes of changing governments, newfangled fashions or technological improvements, an ongoing inheritance that can both imprison and inspire. ↗

— Judith Herrin

#fernand-braudel #history #longue-duree #change

Nuclear episodes stand out in bold print in life story as narrative high points, low points and turning points, explaining how the person has remained the same and how he or she has changed over time. ↗

— Dan P. McAdams

#change