Ancient history Quote by Aaron Allston

“There is a great deal of solemn discussion about The Novel. In fact, every novel is an answer to the ancient plea, 'Tell us…

— Pamela Brown

“I have worked with that ancient, fragmented, and incomplete narrative, with its barbarians, dragons, sunken cities, reeds and memory marks, twin-bladed warrior women, child…

— Samuel R. Delany

“I never was the type of noblewoman to stay by the hearth while the men rode into battle anyway. As my father always used…

— Mark Noce

“All our ancient history, as one of our wits remarked, is no more than accepted fiction.”

— Voltaire

“They were boastful, triumphant; it seemed to both that they had read every book in the world; known every sin, passion, and joy. Civilizations…

— Virginia Woolf

“They were ancient history. They were so ancient they made ancient history look modern. Well, okay . . . maybe medieval.”

— Roberta Pearce

“Athna, please meet the, uh...Army of Awesome." Apollo arched a brow. "Or whatever they are calling themselves." The goddess of wisdom, strategy, and a…

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

“To make the ancients speak, we must feed them with our own blood.”

— von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff

“Most civilizations had more fiction than they did real history.”

— Vernor Vinge

“The trouble with ancient history is that, as far as I can tell, the vast majority of it took place a hell of a…

— John Powell

“Apollo, Apollo—but he is my lord. I will keep silence. He is wise forever, though his oracle spoke brutal words. We are bound to…

— Euripides

“The ancient paused for a moment, as if his strength were failing. Yet I sensed that there was more to tell. Looking deep into…

— Tahir Shah