History Quote by David Levithan

“Our memories do not visit us in chronology, and the story we form by joining up the memories involves choices with the purpose of…

— Zia Haider Rahman

“Keeping histories is as much about knowing what needs forgetting as what ought to be remembered.”

— Leah Bobet

I had made a list of about ten things that I remembered from the original 'Total Recall' before I went back and watched. It…

— Len Wiseman

I am not a historian. I am a writer obsessed with remembering, with remembering the past

— Eduardo Galeano

“Memories were as important as books and almost as important as proper indexing.”

— Genevieve Cogman

“Write something that not only you will always remember, but everyone that reads it will cherish it. You will make sure that when you…

— Orlandito Gonzalez

“if remembering is to be something more than nostalgia, it requires a contextual basis—a theory, a vision, a metaphor—something within which facts can be…

— Neil Postman

“History is what people want to remember.”

— Jane Stevenson

“Remembering is organized for significance (not usefulness)”

— Grace Paley

History becomes easier to remember once you start playing a significant part in it.

— Christopher Abraham

“But that's how nostalgia is: a slow dance in a large circle. Memories don't organize themselves chronologically, they're like smoke, changing, ephemeral, and if…

— Isabel Allende

“What determines how we remember history and which elements are preserved and penetrate the collective consciousness? If historical novels stir your interest, pursue the…

— Ruta Sepetys