Distinction Quote by Kevin Powers

A memorie can tell one thing, but a life story tells another.

— Akila Sultana

Only a few will be remembered for the things they say, but many are remember for the things they have done.

— Trent Thomas

“History is what men choose to remember. Truth is what a man cannot forget.”

— Samantha Sotto

History is the memory of things said and done.

— Carl L. Becker

I wanted to write what I remembered to be true.

— Judy Blume

History gives you insight of the same quality of truth as poetry or philosophy or a novel.

— Simon Schama

Every historian with professional standards speaks or writes what he believes to be true.

— Samuel E. Morison

As a storyteller, you have the story that you tell, and you have the way you can tell it, and both are equally important.

— Noah Hawley

“These are true stories told from memory – to which you are entitled to ask, what is truth, and what is memory to a…

— John le Carré

“But facts, remembered or not, are all, alas, still facts”

— Sōseki Natsume

“There is a difference between being remembered and being caught by the mesh of one's mind.”

— Yiyun Li

History is the recital of facts represented as true. Fable, on the other hand, is the recital of facts represented as fiction.

— Voltaire