History Quote by Thomas Pynchon

“Working to establish a more comfortable style of survival has grown to feel complete in and of itself as a reason to live, and…

— James Redfield

“Only those who are bereaved of all joy in this present world may take refuge in the shadows of the past.”

— Julian May

“Surviving is a basic thing. Getting by. Staying alive in whatever way we can. It doesn't mean we make right choices or drive fine…

— Carolyn Wall

“We have fallen out of belonging. Consequently, when we stand before crucial thresholds in our lives, we have no rituals to protect, encourage, and…

— John O'Donohue

“In these dangerous times, where it seems that the world is ripping apart at the seams, we all can learn how to survive from…

— Jonathan Larson

“At no time in the history of man has the world been so full of pain and anguish. Here and there, however, we meet…

— Henry Miller

“We lost our courage as a people. Sure, some people still had it, but as a people, as a group where we all had…

— Rick Wiedeman

“Everyone of us is losing something precious to us. Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. That's part of what…

— Haruki Murakami

“History is lived through and, for the fortunate, survived by people.”

— Donald Cameron Watt

“We were once the ones who were living, and then we were the ones who were dying. We sewed ourselves, a thread's width, into…

— David Levithan

“Those who live in a state of survival just watching their lives pass them by do not understand the power of living each day…

— Germany Kent

“As is usually the case, those who lived at the time did not fully comprehend the enormous consequences of the events they witnessed.”

— Justo L. González