44 Quotes About Historian
"I felt a tightening in my chest, a sharp spike of intense sadness-almost like nostalgia, except it was for a life I never had."
"No historian should be a nationalist. Nationalism consequently leads to the delusion and mystification of the historical facts, consciously or unconsciously, in favour of national interests, which in turn makes history basically a subjective vision system."
"At ten, I couldn't articulate much but I got the message: to be a true historian, you had to mourn amply and well. (spoken by narrator Ava Bigtree in Swamplandia!)"
"A historian who works for a bank: That’s not the most likely background for someone who capers around the cosmos having adventures, is it?"
"A pioneer is not someone who makes her own soap. She is one who takes up her burdens and walks toward the future."
"What comes to your mind when you think of the word Transylvania, if you ponder it at all? What comes to my mind are mountains of savage beauty, ancient castles, werewolves, and witches - a land of magical obscurity. How, in short, am I to believe I will still be in Europe, on entering such a realm? I shall let you know if it's Europe or fairyland, when I get there. First, Snagov - I set out tomorrow."
"Historians, I think, should be keepers of truth. We must tell things as they are -- honestly, and without subversion. That is the greatest good one can do. -- City of Stairs"