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# Elizabeth Kostova

(1964)   Novelist   United States

 **92** quotes in **336** categories

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Elizabeth Kostova is a novelist from the United States, best known for *Historian*.

## Quick Facts About Elizabeth Kostova

Born December 26, 1964

Nationality United States

Profession Novelist

Notable works Historian

Known for The Historian

## About Elizabeth Kostova

Elizabeth Johnson Kostova is an American author best known for her debut novel The Historian.

##  Quotes by Elizabeth Kostova

> [Faith is simply whatever is real to us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/faith-is-simply-whatever-is-real-to-us/)

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[Faith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/faith/)

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> [I wasn't brought up to be dazzled by money or fame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/i-wasn-t-brought-up-to-be-dazzled-by-money-or-fame/)

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[Fame](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fame/)

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> [“Der Glaube ist das, was fuer uns real ist.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/der-glaube-ist-das-was-fuer-uns-real-ist/)

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[Real](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/real/)

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> [Boys mystified me, although I dreamed vaguely of men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/boys-mystified-me-although-i-dreamed-vaguely-of-men/)

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[Boys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boys/)

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> [Every writer hopes his or her book will be its own thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/every-writer-hopes-his-or-her-book-will-be-its-own-thing/)

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[Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/)

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> [Strangers are strange to each other](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/strangers-are-strange-to-each-other/)

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[Strange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/strange/)

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> [The heart does not go backward. Only the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/the-heart-does-not-go-backward-only-the-mind/)

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[Backward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/backward/)

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> [It touched me to be trusted with something terrible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/it-touched-me-to-be-trusted-with-something-terrible/)

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[Terrible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/terrible/)

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> [“It was as if she could hear music, where there was no music.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/it-was-as-if-she-could-hear-music-where-there-was-no-music/)

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[Hear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hear/)

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> [“Obey and hate yourself, survive. Disobey, redeem yourself, perish.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/obey-and-hate-yourself-survive-disobey-redeem-yourself-perish/)

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[Disobey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/disobey/)

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> [“A shame that these images had become iconic, a tune we were all tired of humming.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/a-shame-that-these-images-had-become-iconic-a-tune-we-were-all-tired/)

[Elizabeth Kostova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-kostova/)

[Art history](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art-history/)

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> [“The study of history should be our preparation for understanding the present, rather than an escape from it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/the-study-of-history-should-be-our-preparation-for-understanding-the/)

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[Education](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/education/)

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> [“He reminded her of the way male lions look sad, as if their nobility is a terrible weight.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/he-reminded-her-of-the-way-male-lions-look-sad-as-if-their-nobility/)

[Elizabeth Kostova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-kostova/)

[Lions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lions/)

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> [“It was a paradise of learning, and I prayed for eventual admission.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/it-was-a-paradise-of-learning-and-i-prayed-for-eventual-admission/)

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[Learning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/learning/)

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> [I love to cook and I've cooked a lot of Bulgarian food over the years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/i-love-to-cook-and-i-ve-cooked-a-lot-of-bulgarian-food-over-the-years/)

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[Bulgarians](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bulgarians/)

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> [For the first time, I had been struck by the excitement of the traveler who looks history in her subtle face.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/for-the-first-time-i-had-been-struck-by-the-excitement-of-the/)

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[Excitement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/excitement/)

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> [“Imagine, Dracula a pawn in the hands of the infidel. I wasted no time there-I learned everything I could about them, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/imagine-dracula-a-pawn-in-the-hands-of-the-infidel-i-wasted-no-time/)

[Elizabeth Kostova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-kostova/)

[Betrayal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/betrayal/)

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> [I was filled with angst in college, that I struggled with the question of my future, the meaning of my life -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/i-was-filled-with-angst-in-college-that-i-struggled-with-the-question/)

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[Angst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angst/)

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> [In those days, I still thoroughly enjoyed the romance I called "by myself"; I didn't know yet how it gets lonely, picks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/in-those-days-i-still-thoroughly-enjoyed-the-romance-i-called-by/)

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[Careful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/careful/)

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> [My guess is that he remembers some of me, some of us together, and the rest rolled off him like topsoil in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/my-guess-is-that-he-remembers-some-of-me-some-of-us-together-and-the/)

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[Flash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flash/)

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> [“There are people who stick in one's memory much more clearly after a brief acquaintance than others whom one sees day after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/there-are-people-who-stick-in-one-s-memory-much-more-clearly-after-a/)

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[Memory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/memory/)

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> [“In my mortal life, I saw mainly those texts that the church sanctioned--the gospels and the Orthodox commentary on them, for example.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/in-my-mortal-life-i-saw-mainly-those-texts-that-the-church-sanctioned/)

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[Christianity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christianity/)

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> [“People seem to believe that despair is the same as anguish, but it is not. It's true that despair is surrounded by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/people-seem-to-believe-that-despair-is-the-same-as-anguish-but-it-is/)

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[Anguish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anguish/)

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> [I've always been interested in foreign relations. It's my belief that study of history should be our preparation for understanding the present…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/i-ve-always-been-interested-in-foreign-relations-it-s-my-belief-that/)

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[Belief](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/belief/)

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> [The thing that most haunted me that day, however...was the fact that these things had - apparently - actually occurred...For all his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/the-thing-that-most-haunted-me-that-day-however-was-the-fact-that/)

[Elizabeth Kostova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-kostova/)

[Attention](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attention/)

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> [“It gave me a feeling of temporary acceptance into that elite community, to stroll across the quad at his side. It also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/it-gave-me-a-feeling-of-temporary-acceptance-into-that-elite/)

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[Belonging](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/belonging/)

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> [“He said there is a place in Gaul, the oldest church in their part of the world, where some of the Latin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/he-said-there-is-a-place-in-gaul-the-oldest-church-in-their-part-of/)

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[Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/)

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> [Today I will go to wait for her again, because I cannot help it, because my whole being seems now to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/today-i-will-go-to-wait-for-her-again-because-i-cannot-help-it/)

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[Different](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/different/)

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> [“I remembered some of what I'd read in the past: the small group of the original Impressionists, including one woman-Berthe Morisot- who'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/i-remembered-some-of-what-i-d-read-in-the-past-the-small-group-of-the/)

[Elizabeth Kostova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-kostova/)

[Artist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/)

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> [“He was my husband, my apartment mate, my soul mate, the father of the little plant in my confused soil, the lover…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/he-was-my-husband-my-apartment-mate-my-soul-mate-the-father-of-the/)

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[Father](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/father/)

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> [What comes to your mind when you think of the word Transylvania, if you ponder it at all? What comes to my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/what-comes-to-your-mind-when-you-think-of-the-word-transylvania-if/)

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[Ancient](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ancient/)

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> [“It's a shame for a woman's history to be all about men-first boys, then other boys, then men, men, men. It reminds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/it-s-a-shame-for-a-woman-s-history-to-be-all-about-men-first-boys/)

[Elizabeth Kostova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-kostova/)

[Feminism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminism/)

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> [ “\[I\]t seemed to me now that a Catholic church was the right companion for all these horrors. Didn't Catholicism deal with blood… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/i-t-seemed-to-me-now-that-a-catholic-church-was-the-right-companion/)

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[Catholicism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/catholicism/)

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> [“History has taught us that the nature of man is evil, sublimely so. Good is not perfectible, but evil is. Why should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/history-has-taught-us-that-the-nature-of-man-is-evil-sublimely-so/)

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[Dracula](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dracula/)

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> [“Didn’t Catholicism deal with blood and resurrected flesh on a daily basis? Wasn’t it expert in superstition? I somehow doubted that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/didn-t-catholicism-deal-with-blood-and-resurrected-flesh-on-a-daily-2/)

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[Little Witch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/little-witch/)

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> [ “Above all, he encourages her to paint, nodding with approval at even her most unusual experiments with color, light, rough brushwork \[...\].… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/above-all-he-encourages-her-to-paint-nodding-with-approval-at-even/)

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[19th century](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/19th-century/)

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> [“As an adult I have often known that peculiar legacy time brings to the traveler: the longing to seek out a place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/as-an-adult-i-have-often-known-that-peculiar-legacy-time-brings-to/)

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[Nostalgia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nostalgia/)

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> [“To you, perceptive reader, I bequeath my history.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/to-you-perceptive-reader-i-bequeath-my-history/)

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[Bequeath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bequeath-18467/)

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> [Recently abandoned women can be complicated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/recently-abandoned-women-can-be-complicated/)

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[Abandoned](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abandoned/)

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> [Festina Lente (Hurry in slowly)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/festina-lente-hurry-in-slowly/)

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[Hurry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hurry/)

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## Elizabeth Kostova by topic

[History (17)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/history/elizabeth-kostova/)

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