“Whenever doubts become a crime... whenever parents become afraid their children might turn them in; a country where the power of the… — Osiris Brackhaus Copy Share Image
You can't believe anything that's written in an historical novel, and yet the author's job is always to create a believable world… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
The power of historical fiction for bad and for good can be immense in shaping consciousness of the past. — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
“Why do you assume I'm human? I wasn't born; I was created just like this. First I was an idea. Then I… — Eliza Granville Copy Share Image
“Like the magnolia tree, She bends with the wind, Trials and tribulation may weather her, Yet, after the storm her beauty blooms,… — Nancy B. Brewer Copy Share Image
“As we drifted away from the Tower Bridge, I saw a single silhouette standing against the bright lamplight. Even now when I… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
“No life form on this planet undergoes such a slow and graceful death as the tobacco leaf.” — Mark McGinty Copy Share Image
What really disconcerts commentators, I suspect, is that when they read historical fiction, they feel their own lack of education may be… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“Largely, now, it was not anger he felt, but rather a kind of bone-scraping, quiet, ever-present sorrow. To come to the place… — Elizabeth Graver Copy Share Image
“The sun had just slipped behind the trees and evening cast its dark, smoky shadow.” — Nancy B. Brewer Copy Share Image
“Information without truth bred skepticism; skepticism without truth bred submission.” — Brutus Copy Share Image
“In any case how many took the oath and are now licking the toes of the whiteman?No, you take an oath to… — Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Copy Share Image
“Anna lifted her chin, “Forgive my interruption, Mr. President, but I am Assistant Matron Anna Blanc, and I’ve come about the singsong… — Jennifer Kincheloe Copy Share Image
“Love is a poison,' her father responded. 'One you grow accustomed to, but does not kill you.” — Janell Rhiannon Copy Share Image
“Sometimes time can play tricks. One moment it idles by, an hour can seem a lifetime, such as when sitting by the… — M.A. Lossl Copy Share Image
“She raised her head and saw a squadron of fighter planes. She stretched her hand high as if she could grab hold… — Sarah Sundin Copy Share Image
“From my Facebook Page: "You spend the first 50 years acquiring and the second 50 years getting rid of” — Mary R. Woldering Copy Share Image
“Papa was our strength and the very fiber that wove our family together. He was our foundation and our rock, but even… — Nancy B. Brewer Copy Share Image
“The Queen wore a resplendent dress, with a skirt wide enough to hide two dwarfs comfortably, and a hatched bodice that looked… — Dawn Patitucci Copy Share Image
“That is our Shield Ring, our last stronghold; not the barrier fells and the totter-moss between, but something in the hearts of… — Rosemary Sutcliff Copy Share Image
“Maybe I was wrong. Maybe there really is some goodness here in our world. But if goodness existed, that must mean that… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
“And once you've been to this Center, this Truth, you'll know your way everywhere. You are never lost again.” — David Housholder Copy Share Image
“...the novel had reached its apogee with the marriage plot and had never recovered from its disappearance. In the days when success… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
