History Book

Famous quotes containing the words history book, history and/or book:

“No matter how vital experience might be while you lived it, no sooner was it ended and dead than it became as lifeless as the piles of dry dust in a school history book.”
—Ellen Glasgow (1874–1945)

“All objects, all phases of culture are alive. They have voices. They speak of their history and interrelatedness. And they are all talking at once!”
—Camille Paglia (b. 1947)

“It is neither the best nor the worst things in a book that defy translation.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)