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> [I decided that what I really wanted to do was to make my writing in history deeper, if that's the right word to use. And that is what I did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-gay/i-decided-that-what-i-really-wanted-to-do-was-to-make-my-writing-in/)

[Peter Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-gay/)

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## More by Peter Gay

> [“Cotton Mather lusted all his life for the presidency of Harvard, a post his father had held, and which the son affected to despise,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-gay/cotton-mather-lusted-all-his-life-for-the-presidency-of-harvard-a/)

[Peter Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-gay/)

> [And my interest in history was, and remains, very strong: what I wanted was to understand certain things better by understanding them psychoanalytically.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-gay/and-my-interest-in-history-was-and-remains-very-strong-what-i-wanted/)

[Peter Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-gay/)

> [Freud, Jung thought, had been a great discoverer of facts about the mind, but far too inclined to leave the solid ground of "critical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-gay/freud-jung-thought-had-been-a-great-discoverer-of-facts-about-the/)

[Peter Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-gay/)

> [Since God is silent, man is his own master; he must live in a disenchanted world, submit everything to criticism, and make his own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-gay/since-god-is-silent-man-is-his-own-master-he-must-live-in-a/)

[Peter Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-gay/)

> [“The need to live by secure, sharply etched classifications is buried deep in the human mind and one of its earliest demands; simplicity allays…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-gay/the-need-to-live-by-secure-sharply-etched-classifications-is-buried/)

[Peter Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-gay/)

> [With the passage of years, not all of Dicken's readers remained infatuated with his pathos. One generation's sublimity became another generation's kitsch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-gay/with-the-passage-of-years-not-all-of-dicken-s-readers-remained/)

[Peter Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-gay/)

> [Every historian has informally an anthropology, without ever using the word.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-gay/every-historian-has-informally-an-anthropology-without-ever-using-the/)

[Peter Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-gay/)

> [I decided that what I really wanted to do was to make my writing in history deeper, if that's the right word to use.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-gay/i-decided-that-what-i-really-wanted-to-do-was-to-make-my-writing-in/)

[Peter Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-gay/)

> [The ideas of theologians are refuted by their adversaries, the ideas of scientists are refuted by their followers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-gay/the-ideas-of-theologians-are-refuted-by-their-adversaries-the-ideas/)

[Peter Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-gay/)

> [What interests me, and has always interested me, has been modernism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-gay/what-interests-me-and-has-always-interested-me-has-been-modernism/)

[Peter Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-gay/)

> [To have a liberal temperament is a kind of psychological boon, To be able to understand that someone you disagree with is not just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-gay/to-have-a-liberal-temperament-is-a-kind-of-psychological-boon-to-be/)

[Peter Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-gay/)

> [My definition of modernism took a while to develop.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-gay/my-definition-of-modernism-took-a-while-to-develop/)

[Peter Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-gay/)

> [I have always had a strong interest in history and finding out about the past can be remarkably helpful with working out the future,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-gay/i-have-always-had-a-strong-interest-in-history-and-finding-out-about/)

[Peter Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-gay/)

> [“While it may be hard to live with generalizations, it is inconceivable to live without them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-gay/while-it-may-be-hard-to-live-with-generalizations-it-is-inconceivable/)

[Peter Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-gay/)

> [People seem to forget that one reason they are now thinking differently is Freud's legacy itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-gay/people-seem-to-forget-that-one-reason-they-are-now-thinking/)

[Peter Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-gay/)

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