Historical Novel Quotes
Historical Novel Quote of the day
The historical novel gives us perspective on our modern lives and helps us connect with the story, which we are continuing ourselves.
A Time Comes When Silence is Betrayal.
The novel since its origins has been the privatization of history... the history of private life ... and in that sense every novel is an historical novel.
The intermittent depression that had shadowed him throughout his adult life was about to envelop him once again.
This is a time of change, ” the Shaman said. “This is a time of enormous power.
There were no stars, only the darkness and an arctic chill that had intensified since the first thin, blood-red stripes of sunrise shimmered on the ocean’s horizon.
We live in a complicated society, Bromley—one that is changing and which does indeed need to change. But do you not think any change must begin within our own family gathering?
Do not fret, my brother, my child. For the buffalo will roam the plains once more.
I refuse to believe the people of Texas and all Americans in the world have forgotten us.
West Point—The Key to the Continent and Independence.
We must love our slaves, Papa. We must love them as hard as we are able.
We the People . . . The People of the Long House.
The other Clans will soon arrive. The greatest times of our family are before us. And so are the darkest.
Do you understand the meaning of the soil beneath your feet?
Do you plan on marrying Charles?”She shook her head.“Good. I wouldn’t want to shoot him, but I would."... Finding Promise
For whom do you cry, my son?” the Great Spirit asked.“I do not know.”“Yes, you do.
The early morning sunshine shot up the ice-covered valley. It glinted off the backs of slumbering mastodon, reflected between the antlers of caribou.
She is my friend, and there is nothing you can say or do that can stop me from helping her.
Every time you go to see Hamlet you don't expect it to have a happy ending...you're still enthralled.(Interview BBC Radio 4 Today 17 October 2012.)
If queens did not exist, the poets would have had to invent them, so necessary as they are to a nation's glory.
What’s bosoms?” Cade asked.“You’ll find out when you get older, ” Jake said."A lot older, " Colt said.Last Promise