Archives Quote by Sara Sheridan

“Occasionally a particular word or phrase in a letter or diary has sparked an entire plot - like an echo from history, still very…

— Sara Sheridan

“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

“Everyone has an interpretation of history, which suits their interest and benefit”

— Kandathil Sebastian

“History books are a record of events which bring us to the world in which we live today.”

— Ian Davies

“The truth of history often likes to conceal itself in small coincidences.”

— Aldo Schiavone

“History is the hidden map of who, where and how we are today.”

— Elena Lappin

“History is not a map to be read, nor a path to be followed. It is a landscape of contours and textures, of colours…

— Tom Lloyd

“It’s quite certain there are places to which the whole past is as though attached, on which are traced in secret letters for people…

— Vladimir Odoevsky

“As a historical novelist, there is very little I like more than spending time sorting through boxes of old letters, diaries, maps, trinkets, and…

— Sara Sheridan

“History is written by every generation. Every generation writes its own history using the same sources. The interpretations vary according to time.”

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“...that it is not the literal past, the 'facts' of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language.”

— Brian Friel

“History is a record of human nature in action.”

— James Carlos Blake