Alfred Kazin Quote by Saul Bellow

“documents, a glazed expression on his face.”

— Sean Black

“All events of the past withered to mere skeletons, veined and fleshed of fancy.”

— Ashim Shanker

“When they entered they found, hanging upon the wall, a splendid portrait of their master as they had last seen him, in all the…

— Oscar Wilde

“In vain I try to jump into the photo To create again a time so simple That a piece of paper might encapsulate it…

— Justin Wetch

“My goal is to make history come alive. My fictitious characters are woven into the tapestry of actual history.”

— C.B. Huesing

“There was a stained glass window in the room with the image of a woman holding a spear. It was a beautiful piece of…

— Michael-Scott Earle

“His face was a ghost story: graveyard eyes, cheekbones as sharp as urban legends, a sealed-coffin mouth.”

— Allyse Near

“THE FACE OF HISTORY is not in the well-preserved faces of the famous, but in the remains of those who lived in the moment”

— Gerry Burnie

“My life is like a memento mori painting from European art: there is always a grinning skull at my side to remind me of…

— Yann Martell

“His face was the true index of his mind.”

— Voltaire

“That was how history worked, wasn't it? If it wasn't written down it never existed. You might leave behind jewelry and pottery, ornamental tombs,…

— Kate Atkinson

“There was one face that looked like another face before it and then another face that looked like the face before it. This went…

— Scott McClanahan