6,230 Quotes About History

Life consists of books.

All the great treasures of life are hidden in a book.

I caught his hand. “What do you want me to do?”Leaning down, he kissed the pulse beating on my neck just above the damaged skin. “Tomorrow, I need you to die.

We study the past so that we may know the future. Why not study abroad, so that we may know ourselves?

He’d used the amulet to read my thoughts again. I pictured smacking him in the face.

I noticed him right away. No, it wasn’t his lean, rugged face. Or the dark waves of shiny hair that hung just a little too long on his forehead. It wasn’t the slim, collarless biker jacket he wore, hugging his lean shoulders. It was the way he stood. The confident way he waited in the cafeteria line to get a slice of pizza. He didn’t saunter. He didn’t amble. He stood at the center, and let the other people buzz around him. His stance was straight and sure.

We encounter great souls, who lived in historical times, in ancient books.

The present is not so glorious but that I should wish to dwell a little in the past.

And again we confront the problem of history: it's usually the powerful who get to write it.