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> [It may be enough to study history in all its nuance and ambiguity for its own sake. But there is no country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colm-toibin/it-may-be-enough-to-study-history-in-all-its-nuance-and-ambiguity-for/)

[Colm Toibin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colm-toibin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff0/colm-toibin-3377_ambiguity_it-may-be-enough-to-study-history-in-all_191110.png)

> [“Once as Nadia sat on the steps of a building reading the news on her phone across the street from a detachment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsin-hamid/once-as-nadia-sat-on-the-steps-of-a-building-reading-the-news-on-her/)

[Mohsin Hamid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsin-hamid/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c27/mohsin-hamid-798_media_once-as-nadia-sat-on-the-steps-of-a-buil_840884.jpg)

> [I like reading about the past. I'm definitely not a history buff, but I do read a bit of history now and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mcavoy/i-like-reading-about-the-past-i-m-definitely-not-a-history-buff-but-i/)

[James McAvoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mcavoy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2d/james-mcavoy-4316_about_i-like-reading-about-the-past-i-m-defini_1628906.jpg)

> [“Reading American photographs is also a way of reading the past-not just the scenes recorded and the faces immobilized into permanent images,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-trachtenberg/reading-american-photographs-is-also-a-way-of-reading-the-past-not/)

[Alan Trachtenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-trachtenberg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f71/alan-trachtenberg-76840_photography_reading-american-photographs-is-also-a-w_2924082.jpg)

> [There are times when I think that the reading I have done in the past has had no effect except to cloud…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robertson-davies/there-are-times-when-i-think-that-the-reading-i-have-done-in-the-past/)

[Robertson Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robertson-davies/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9c/robertson-davies-834_clouds_there-are-times-when-i-think-that-the-re_3217887.png)

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