Book Quote by Bill Vaughan

For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I…

— Winston Churchill

I don’t think books can change the world, but when the world begins to change, it searches for different books.

— Shlomo Sand

It may be enough to study history in all its nuance and ambiguity for its own sake. But there is no country free of…

— Colm Toibin

If you're writing something that's clearly labelled as an alternative history, of course it's perfectly legitimate to play with known historical characters and events,…

— Diana Gabaldon

What if there was a library which held every book? Not every book on sale, or every important book, or even every book in…

— Aaron Swartz

I was thinking of writing a little foreword saying that history is, after all, based on people's recollections, which change with time.

— Frederik Pohl

With the history of us, a book wouldn't necessarily be the best thing.

— Keisha Buchanan

The great thing about history is that it is adaptable.

— Peter Ustinov

History should not be left to the historians. Rather, be like Churchill. Make history, and then write it.

— Ferdinand Marcos

History is not the proper midden for digging up novelties. Perhaps that is one reason why a nation bent on novelty ignores it.

— Wallace Stegner

I am trying to reach people who would not normally head for the history section of a book shop or a library to try…

— Princess Michael of Kent

This is what I think is fun about fiction - you get to use as much history as you want as scaffolding and then…

— Robin Sloan