--- title: "16 Historical-novel Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 16 Historical-novel quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Historical-novel sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccd/leona-w-smith-256206_historical-novel_stand-for-the-right-that-wrong-might-tak_179978.jpg" --- > [“Stand for the Right" that "Wrong might take a Seat”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leona-w-smith/stand-for-the-right-that-wrong-might-take-a-seat/) [Leona W. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leona-w-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccd/leona-w-smith-256206_historical-novel_stand-for-the-right-that-wrong-might-tak_179978.jpg) > [“Hello Readers! I look forward to adding to my author page. I”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-gard-seedorf/hello-readers-i-look-forward-to-adding-to-my-author-page-i/) [Rita Gard Seedorf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-gard-seedorf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26b/rita-gard-seedorf-273063_books_hello-readers-i-look-forward-to-adding-t_2029605.jpg) > [“Life can be so unexpected and wolderful!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabrielle-dubois/life-can-be-so-unexpected-and-wolderful/) [Gabrielle Dubois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabrielle-dubois/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49a/gabrielle-dubois-34781_historical-novel_life-can-be-so-unexpected-and-wolderful_577869.jpg) > [“Shit rolls downhill. Bureaucracy rolls faster.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-wellington/shit-rolls-downhill-bureaucracy-rolls-faster/) [David Wellington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-wellington/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02d/david-wellington-26632_downhill_shit-rolls-downhill-bureaucracy-rolls-fa_2342692.png) > [“She is my friend, and there is nothing you can say or do that can stop me from helping her.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-g-nogel/she-is-my-friend-and-there-is-nothing-you-can-say-or-do-that-can-stop/) [Peter G. Nogel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-g-nogel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f6/peter-g-nogel-269296_friend_she-is-my-friend-and-there-is-nothing-yo_114527.jpg) > [“Every time you go to see Hamlet you don't expect it to have a happy ending...you're still enthralled. (Interview BBC Radio 4…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-mantel/every-time-you-go-to-see-hamlet-you-don-t-expect-it-to-have-a-happy/) [Hilary Mantel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-mantel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de7/hilary-mantel-440_creative-writing_every-time-you-go-to-see-hamlet-you-don_157801.jpg) > [“If queens did not exist, the poets would have had to invent them, so necessary as they are to a nation's glory.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lise-arin/if-queens-did-not-exist-the-poets-would-have-had-to-invent-them-so/) [Lise Arin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lise-arin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fc/lise-arin-71472_historical-fiction_if-queens-did-not-exist-the-poets-would_1802782.jpg) > [“Father has taught me that when something is lost, whether dear or not, giving up the search is sometimes best and often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cassandra-krivy-hirsch/father-has-taught-me-that-when-something-is-lost-whether-dear-or-not/) [Cassandra Krivy Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cassandra-krivy-hirsch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e29/cassandra-krivy-hirsch-226299_epistolary_father-has-taught-me-that-when-something_2397485.jpg) > [“One should learn to connect the bridge between the heart and the mind. That’s what crowns you with eternity, and makes you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iva-kenaz/one-should-learn-to-connect-the-bridge-between-the-heart-and-the-mind/) [Iva Kenaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iva-kenaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/902/iva-kenaz-64480_historical-novel_one-should-learn-to-connect-the-bridge-b_1260838.jpg) > [“Some people like the Jews, and some do not. But no thoughtful man can deny the fact that they are, beyond any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-brazer/some-people-like-the-jews-and-some-do-not-but-no-thoughtful-man-can-2/) [Ellen Brazer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-brazer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45b/ellen-brazer-235517_award-winning-author_some-people-like-the-jews-and-some-do-no_3189023.jpg) > [“As i was beginning to understand, this kind of love was foreign ground to him. I may add that he never did,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-renault/as-i-was-beginning-to-understand-this-kind-of-love-was-foreign-ground/) [Mary Renault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-renault/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96a/mary-renault-7614_historical-novel_as-i-was-beginning-to-understand-this-ki_1914096.jpg) > [“Isabel Valverde was coming home. The brief, terrible letter from her brother had brought her across five thousand miles of ocean, from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kyle/isabel-valverde-was-coming-home-the-brief-terrible-letter-from-her/) [Barbara Kyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dd/barbara-kyle-46932_coming-home_isabel-valverde-was-coming-home-the-brie_1335963.jpg) > [“Snow crunched under the feet of three cloaked figures – a queen, her lady, and a gravedigger – as they hurried along…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kyle/snow-crunched-under-the-feet-of-three-cloaked-figures-a-queen-her/) [Barbara Kyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bf/barbara-kyle-46932_historical-fiction_snow-crunched-under-the-feet-of-three-cl_2586265.jpg) > [“Fenella Doorn watched the unfamiliar wreck of a ship ghosting into her bay. Crippled by cannon fire, she thought. What else could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kyle/fenella-doorn-watched-the-unfamiliar-wreck-of-a-ship-ghosting-into/) [Barbara Kyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc4/barbara-kyle-46932_cannons_fenella-doorn-watched-the-unfamiliar-wre_2515380.jpg) > [“Stored personal memories along with handed down collective memories of stories, legends, and history allows us to collate our interactions with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kilroy-j-oldster/stored-personal-memories-along-with-handed-down-collective-memories/) [Kilroy J. Oldster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kilroy-j-oldster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c9/kilroy-j-oldster-1049_character_stored-personal-memories-along-with-hand_2482453.jpg) > [“The night of the fireworks changed the course of many lives in England, though no one suspected the dark future as hundreds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kyle/the-night-of-the-fireworks-changed-the-course-of-many-lives-in/) [Barbara Kyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1a/barbara-kyle-46932_gaze_the-night-of-the-fireworks-changed-the-c_2525482.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/historical-novel/#itemlist", "name": "Historical-novel Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Stand for the Right\" that \"Wrong might take a Seat”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Leona W. 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Was she wrong to trust them with this night's work?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Barbara Kyle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kyle/snow-crunched-under-the-feet-of-three-cloaked-figures-a-queen-her/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bf/barbara-kyle-46932_historical-fiction_snow-crunched-under-the-feet-of-three-cl_2586265.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bf/barbara-kyle-46932_historical-fiction_snow-crunched-under-the-feet-of-three-cl_2586265.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bf/barbara-kyle-46932_historical-fiction_snow-crunched-under-the-feet-of-three-cl_2586265.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Snow crunched under the feet of three cloaked figures – a queen, her lady, and a gravedigger – as they…” — Barbara Kyle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Fenella Doorn watched the unfamiliar wreck of a ship ghosting into her bay. Crippled by cannon fire, she thought. What else could do such damage? The foremast was blown away, as well as half the mainmast where a jury rig clung to the jagged stump, and shot holes tattered the sails on the mizzen. And yet, to Fenella’s experienced eye the vessel had an air of defiance. Demi-cannons hulked in the shadowed gun ports. This ship was a fighter, battered but not beaten. With fight still in her, was she friend or foe?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Barbara Kyle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kyle/fenella-doorn-watched-the-unfamiliar-wreck-of-a-ship-ghosting-into/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc4/barbara-kyle-46932_cannons_fenella-doorn-watched-the-unfamiliar-wre_2515380.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc4/barbara-kyle-46932_cannons_fenella-doorn-watched-the-unfamiliar-wre_2515380.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc4/barbara-kyle-46932_cannons_fenella-doorn-watched-the-unfamiliar-wre_2515380.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Fenella Doorn watched the unfamiliar wreck of a ship ghosting into her bay. 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We each draw upon the guiding knowledge, theories, and advice available for us in order to explore the paradoxes, ironies, inconsistencies, and the absurdities encountered while living in a supernatural world. We mold our personal collection of information into a practical practicum how to live and die. Each day we define and redefine who we are, determine how we will react today, and chart our quest into an uncertain future.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kilroy J. 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Yet she was already, innocently, on a divergent path, for as Lord and Lady Thornleigh and their multitude of guests watched the dazzle of fireworks honoring the spring visit of Queen Elizabeth, Justine was hurrying away from the public gaiety. 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