“he who kills purpose kills is place in the great book of history” — ojo emmanuel david Copy Share Image
“I can close the book on this part of our history. I can start a new chapter, but it doesn't matter. because… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
It is with nations as it is with individuals. A book of history is a book of sermons. — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“...but every living soul is a book of their own history, which sits on the ever-growing shelf in the library of human… — Jack Gantos Copy Share Image
As a graduate student at Oxford in 1963, I began writing about books in revolutionary France, helping to found the discipline of… — Robert Darnton Copy Share Image
I woke up one day and thought: 'I want to write a book about the history of my body.' I could justify… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
I'd done a lot of research in Hollywood and in academia. I love research and so I wanted to kind of ground… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
History is a strange experience. The world is quite small now; but history is large and deep. Sometimes you can go much… — Gilbert Highet Copy Share Image
“Because (in principle) things outlast us, they know more about us than we know about them: they carry the experiences they have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I really want to do a book on the history of the no-wave music scene in New York, how it extended out… — Thurston Moore Copy Share Image