“Where are these fucking guns coming from?” — Michael Manley former prime minister of Jamaica Copy Share Image
I can't read historical fiction because I find the real thing so much more interesting. — Antonia Fraser Copy Share Image
“We may be finished with the past but the past is not finished with us.” — Donald Riggio Copy Share Image
“History immortalises both the names of the greats and the tyrants without making a distinction between them.” — Aziz Hamza Copy Share Image
“Both slaves had been oiled until their flesh shined like polished ebony, outlining every detail of their muscles.” — Myra Hargrave McIlvain Copy Share Image
“True vice, my lady, would frighten us all, if it did not wear the mask of virtue. (p.56)” — Emery Lee Copy Share Image
I am not a fan of historical fiction that is sloppy in its research or is dishonest about the real history. — Kate Mosse Copy Share Image
“A people without memory cannot resist tyranny, and a nation without heroes cannot produce them.” — Brutus Copy Share Image
“If I had two breaths left in me, the first one I would use to tell you I miss you, and the… — Katarina Jovic Copy Share Image
“Denial is like a glass wall, easy to see beyond, but impossible to walk through.” — The Doctor’s Daughter: Totally heartbreaking and… — Shari J. Ryan Copy Share Image
The power of story is potent and that's why historical fiction can be an extraordinarily significant way of teaching people logical truth… — Hank Hanegraaff Copy Share Image
“Our house has its back to the sea,' writes Hester in her journal. 'Below us, the ocean spreads to the sky, twitching… — Tanya Moir Copy Share Image
“And at last, the lonely young man who belonged to no one finally belonged to someone, forever, and the practical girl who… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“Mari's original plan to have the Queen play coy with the King was, she now realized, woefully inadequate—a milkmaid's game, played against… — Dawn Patitucci Copy Share Image
I do believe that sci-fi or historical fiction finds an easy home in comics because there are no budget constraints in regards… — Jonathan Hickman Copy Share Image
“It hardly felt real that she was gone, though the heavy pain Agata had carried for weeks reminded her, sitting like too… — Jennifer Wizbowski Copy Share Image
“No matter how many romantic poems you recite, no matter how many glorious tales of love you read, how can you really… — Sherry D. Ficklin Copy Share Image
“He draws a line under his conclusions. Says, 'Gregory, what should I do about the great worm?' 'Send a commission against it,… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“Snow crunched under the feet of three cloaked figures – a queen, her lady, and a gravedigger – as they hurried along… — Barbara Kyle Copy Share Image
“And then I knew that despite all the pain and hard work all of us had gone through, despite the sadness and… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
“Hanna reached for Margaret's hand, knowing nothing she could say would bring comfort. Margaret would never see her grandmother again. Nor would… — Meredith Jaeger Copy Share Image
“He spent the next hours watching her sleep, taking in every detail of her face, of her body. The way the soft… — Dominique Wilson Copy Share Image
“They rode for a while in silence, a tiny island in the smoky stream of marching men. Then Lee said slowly, in… — Michael Shaara Copy Share Image
“Over time, this unspoken attration continued to blossom, refusing to dwindle or fade, though they had little opportunity to foster or nourish… — Emery Lee Copy Share Image
"Hard" science fiction probes alternative possible futures by means of reasoned extrapolations in much the same way that good historical fiction reconstructs… — Jack Williamson Copy Share Image
“They do not call him the terror of husbands and lovers for no reason...” — Andrea Zuvich Copy Share Image
I think I'm too lazy a writer to do something like historical fiction. You have to do so much research. I just… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“All forms of literature are dangerous; but in none is the danger more acute than in historical fiction...” — John Julius Norwich Copy Share Image
“Ain’t nothing too serious. Even death is a joke on the old devil, if we are living for the Lord.” — Nancy B. Brewer Copy Share Image
“We’re all selfish monsters— the only difference is some of us are more honest about it than others.” — Nick Martell Copy Share Image
“Confession is good for the soul even after the soul has been claimed” (p. 381).” — Mona Rodriguez FORTY YEARS IN A DAY Copy Share Image
