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> [After all, history is a type of fantasy. For all the primary source research, in the end, the past world the historian builds is as weird and remote from our own as Middle Earth or Narnia, yet oddly familiar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ysabeau-s-wilce/after-all-history-is-a-type-of-fantasy-for-all-the-primary-source/)

[Ysabeau S. Wilce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ysabeau-s-wilce/)

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## More by Ysabeau S. Wilce

> [“So when Fyrdraacas turn fourteen and celebrate their Catorcena, and are then adults in the eyes of the Warlord, off we go to Benica…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ysabeau-s-wilce/so-when-fyrdraacas-turn-fourteen-and-celebrate-their-catorcena-and/)

[Ysabeau S. Wilce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ysabeau-s-wilce/)

> [People keep asking "Jacob or Edward?" when the really important question is "Diamond Dave or Sammy?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ysabeau-s-wilce/people-keep-asking-jacob-or-edward-when-the-really-important-question/)

[Ysabeau S. Wilce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ysabeau-s-wilce/)

> [“You know that if ever the Fyrdraaca family is in true trouble, Barbizon is supposed to come to life and to our rescue, just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ysabeau-s-wilce/you-know-that-if-ever-the-fyrdraaca-family-is-in-true-trouble/)

[Ysabeau S. Wilce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ysabeau-s-wilce/)

> [Most courage comes from being too tired and hungry to be afraid anymore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ysabeau-s-wilce/most-courage-comes-from-being-too-tired-and-hungry-to-be-afraid/)

[Ysabeau S. Wilce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ysabeau-s-wilce/)

> [After all, history is a type of fantasy. For all the primary source research, in the end, the past world the historian builds is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ysabeau-s-wilce/after-all-history-is-a-type-of-fantasy-for-all-the-primary-source/)

[Ysabeau S. Wilce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ysabeau-s-wilce/)

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