Ballast Quote by George Santayana

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

— Eduardo Galeano

Remembrance of things past.

— William Shakespeare

“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

“Remembrance is acknowledging that a life was lived ... My father finally wrote out his memories for a reason. I took on a year…

— Nina Sankovitch

Nostalgia is inevitably a yearning for a past that never existed and when I'm writing, there are no bees to sting me out of…

— John Green

Today’s events are tomorrow’s history, yet events seen by the naked eye lack the depth and breadth of human struggles, triumphs and suffering. Writing…

— Epifanio de los Santos

Remembrance of the past kills all present energy and deadens all hope for the future

— Maxim Gorky

“We can study files for decades, but every so often we are tempted to throw up our hands and declare that history is merely…

— Julian Barnes

It's kind of alarming for me to realize that, when I'm writing stories about times I remember, it's already historical fiction.

— Wendell Berry

My past is very interesting, and I treasure it, but to write about it, it's just not on my radar.

— Steve Vai

If you have lived, take thankfully the past. Make, as you can, the sweet remembrance last.

— John Dryden

For inspiration you go to the archives, you go to things of the past, but you still need to be contemporary for today. You…

— Nicki Minaj