History Quote by Tod Wodicka

“Past colliding with present promised disaster.”

— Mary Burton

“History is a tissue of base and cruel acts in the midst of which a few drops of purity sparkle at long intervals.”

— Simone Weil

“From that historically brief quite opaque moment, came the chaos of our material history, an anarchy of chronology, of mismatched remnants that delighted and…

— China Miéville

“The archival document is a tear in the fabric of time, an unplanned glimpse offered into an unexpected event.”

— Arlette Farge

“History, which is a simple whore, has no decisive moments but is a proliferation of instants, brief interludes that vie with one another in…

— Roberto Bolaño

“Sweat, malice, and hunger pour from me. This is release, or maybe it's just a plea for release.”

— Rachel Cohn David Levithan

“The received truth of history is shot through and falsified by unknown secrets carried to the grave.”

— Russell Banks

“History is not what happened but what you are told has happened, irrespective of what is true.”

— Elspeth Marr

“History isn’t a tale told once, it’s a series of revisions.”

— Victor LaValle

“At this point, I see the unfortunate recipient of this impromptu history lecture begin to doze and I move on to my next unwilling…

— Tom Parker Bowles

“History tells Us It’s Possible".”

— Behnam Rajabpoor

“History is a merciless judge. It lays bare our tragic blunders and foolish missteps and exposes our most intimate secrets, wielding the power of…

— David Grann