Historical fiction Quote by Peter Cunningham Download Open image ““What I was caught up in, I dimly understood, was the embodiment of history”” — Peter Cunningham ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Historical fiction History
“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 Copy Share Image
“The study of history should be our preparation for understanding the present, rather than an escape from it.” — Elizabeth Kostova Copy Share Image
“We know little about history beyond its public displays, and even then what we know is reconstructed.” — Mark Wallace Copy Share Image
“I loved history, any kind of history, and even better if it was hidden, secret, or underground.” — April White Copy Share Image
“He said history was a sum of situations whose significance was never seen until long afterwards because people had been afraid to act them… — Paul Scott Copy Share Image
“We are caught in a secret history, in a forest of symbols.” — Maurice Merleau-Ponty Copy Share Image
“I never thought that history would become one of my life's passions. I never even liked history when I was at school, apart from the context of literature, music, and art. But history has lately been revealed to me as the place where I live, where we all live, side by invisible side with others who - if we get… — Barbara Quick Copy Share
“The person unaware of history is like a rudderless boat just floating out in the middle of the ocean, hostages to the waves and… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
“History is humankind trying to get a grip. Obviously not easy. But it could go better if you would pay a little more attention… — Kim Stanley Robinson Copy Share Image
“I think it came from being a ruling class, from never being able to show weakness to the people they have conquered - to… — Peter Cunningham Copy Share Image
“I know a feeling like that only comes once in a lifetime, and I think you should follow your heart’s desires. I believe in… — Ahmad Ardalan Copy Share Image
“A Quote from Monty's journal in GOD MUST BE WEEPING. "I felt as anonymous as a grain of sand.” — J.D. Winston Copy Share Image
“Whatever befalls us, we will endure it together. I clutch my longbow and dagger close to my side. My last thoughts linger on my… — Mark Noce Copy Share Image
When I turned 35, I thought, 'Mozart was dead at 36, so I set the bar: I'm going to start writing a book on… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Altogether, the first glimpse of his bride-which should have come as no surprise to Alex, standing there looking so lean and handsome himself-nearly brought… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“People think blood red, but blood don't got no colour. Not when blood wash the floor she lying on as she scream for that son of a bitch to come, the lone baby of 1785. Not when the baby wash in crimson and squealing like it just depart heaven to come to hell, another place of red. Not when the… — Marlon James Copy Share
“She ran the harder and zagged more erratically, and in the wreckage left from the hurricane the girl misjudged her path and ran straight… — Samuel Snoek-Brown Copy Share Image
“This book would be a great addition to a classroom library, especially considering its emphases on timeless and critical topics like discrimination and prejudice.… — Sharon Lovejoy Copy Share Image
“Right now, is not the time to strike at the Romans, but it will come, and we will all rise and wipe out the… — Michael G. Kramer Copy Share Image
“Love, I think, is by necessity constructed of a ladder of lies you climb together.” — Kimberly Elkins Copy Share Image
