"History without politics descends to mere Literature."

-- John Robert Seeley

#History Quotes #Literature Quotes

“Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.”
“Fiction must convince our bodies for it to have any chance of convincing our minds.”

Source : Bonnie Friedman (1993). “Writing past dark: envy, fear, distraction, and other dilemmas in the writer's life”
“Queen Elizabeth, who said, Not now, I'm on the throne. Never got a dinner!”
“He asked if he could recite a poem he had written that morning: 'You speak,' he said, 'the language of shooting stars, more surprising than sunrise, more brilliant than the sun, as brief as sunset. I want to follow its trail to eternity.”
“Education can give you a skill, but a liberal education can give you dignity.”
“Every novel is an ideal plane inserted into the realm of reality.”
“People on Twitter can follow tech if they're interested in tech, or business if they're interested in business, or they can follow celebrities that they're fans of.”
“A great deal of energy is wasted in hating people, and I can honestly say I've no wish to expend such a precious resource on being outraged about anyone.”

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