History Quote by James Baldwin

James Joyce is right about history being a nightmare-- but it may be that nightmare from which no one can awaken. People are trapped…

— James A. Baldwin

“History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake. —JAMES JOYCE”

— Gordon G. Chang

“History ... is a nightmare from which I am trying to wake.”

— James Joyce

“True history is almost invisible. It flows like an underground spring. It takes place in the shadows, and in silence.. And only a chosen…

— Félix J. Palma

“I began waking up slowly into history, from which we do not emerge as from other nightmares.”

— Martha Cooley

“History is the diary of humankind; to forget it is to try to navigate the future with no memory of the past.”

— T.L. Rese

“History is a bunk on which I am trying to awaken”

— John Sladek

“And I thought:History is like a horror story.”

— Roberto Bolaño

“History is not a dead thing or a sure thing. It lived with our choices and our dreams. It is the story of our…

— Joan Nestle

“Well behaved people and dreamers seldom make history. In fact, history has no place for such people.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

“Anyone can write history. All it needs is memory. But to write a story you must have the power to dream.”

— Rabisankar Bal

History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.

— James Joyce