Choices Quote by Louise Bernikow Download Open image “What is commonly called literary history is actually a record of choices.” — Louise Bernikow ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Choices History Records
As a writer I have persisted in my uncertainty, alternating between novels which could charitably be considered literature and world reporting which by another… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
Literature makes history come to life. It is maybe the most accurate depiction of history, especially literature that was written in the time period… — Amy Harmon Copy Share Image
History is a novel which did take place; a novel is history that could take place. — Jules de Goncourt Copy Share Image
People tend to forget that the word "history" contains the word "story". — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
When you have a novel set in a fictional history, you still should get your history right. — Kurt Busiek Copy Share Image
The thing that most attracts me to historical fiction is taking the factual record as far as it is known, using that as scaffolding,… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
Writers are historians, too. It is in literature that the greater truths about a people and their past are found. — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the past. — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
History gives you insight of the same quality of truth as poetry or philosophy or a novel. — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
In becoming archaeologists of the world of our mothers, we are trying to retrieve the female past and to invent a future. — Louise Bernikow Copy Share Image
Between sisters, often, the child's cry never dies down. "Never leave me," it says; "do not abandon me." — Louise Bernikow Copy Share Image
Everytime I say "sure" when I mean "no," everytime I smile brightly when I'm exploding with rage, every time I imagine my man's achievement… — Louise Bernikow Copy Share Image
“Female friendships that work are relationships in which women help each other belong to themselves.” — Louise Bernikow Copy Share Image
The illusion of companionship sits waiting in the television set. We keep our televisions on more than we watch them - an average of… — Louise Bernikow Copy Share Image
What is haunting is that people fallen off the train threaten those who remain on board. — Louise Bernikow Copy Share Image
I say you hurt me. You say I scorned you. We say we care. It begins. The conversation begins. — Louise Bernikow Copy Share Image
Much female conversation is, in fact, about survival - but in code. — Louise Bernikow Copy Share Image
for many people, loneliness was an experience of time. 'Not knowing what to do with yourself' was the way it was usually put. — Louise Bernikow Copy Share Image
Of all the people who have affected my life and influenced the choices I've made, none has been more important than my father. I… — Teddy Atlas Copy Share Image
By making conscious choices in our behavior and where we focus our attention, we can transform our experience of our body, decrease our biological… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Movies have power. Power to impact society and the choices we make. I want to entertain, but I also want to say something to… — Gina Prince-Bythewood Copy Share Image
If you have a different mindset, you will have a different outcome: if you make different choices from your peers, your life will then… — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
Personally, I prefer contemporary films, but the market calls for more period choices, especially since China opened up a cinema market in Hong Kong.… — Donnie Yen Copy Share Image
Clarissa," he said, "here with the vampire, I see. When things have settled a bit, we really must discuss you choice in pets.. — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Time hath not yet so dried this blood of mine, Nor age so eat up my invention, Nor fortune made such havoc of my… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
If you choose to draw from the inner well of free will, then you can make choices that are outside your current karmic patterns. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Give me a platter of choice finnan haddie, freshly cooked in its bath of water and milk, add melted butter, a slice or two… — Craig Claiborne Copy Share Image
