Quotes of: National-history Keyword

Beyond all sciences, philosophies, theologies, and histories, a child's relentless inquiry is truly all it takes to remind us that we don't know as much as we think we know.

Killosophy

breath is not aware of its history; it is just breath. I wish I could be like that, or love could be like that.

The Realm of Possibility

At the very dawn of history, the care of the sick was actually superior to what the great majority of mankind receive today when ill.

Rubies in the Sand

Fine,” he said. “You’re right. We’re not normal. We’re the most fucked-up, star-crossed lovers in history. So let’s not play nice.

Reaver

Do you not see how strange and wonderful that is? That all history balances on an affair of the human heart?

Ship of Destiny

If asked which words one associated with the Sahara, only the most dedicated surrealist might be expected to offer "whale".

The Sahara: A Cultural History

Does such a thing as "the fatal flaw," that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature?

The Secret History

it may be a superhuman effort to lose oneself so completely, but that’s nothing compared to the effort of getting oneself back again

The Secret History

P6-the sociological imagination enables us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within sociey.

The Sociological Imagination

Throughout history, people with new ideas—who think differently and try to change things—have always been called troublemakers.

Shadow Kiss

America is the world's top war-master; the most sophisticated killer-culture in history.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

All of history has pointed its refining focus to your life this moment.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

A life, a history, whole patterns of existence altered, simply by doing nothing. The silent lie. The act of omission.

The Memory of Love

It's not like I'm all into nostalgia and history, it's just that I can't stand the way things are now

Missin' (Novel)

Science is history arranged according to the superstition and taste of the moment. The vocabulary of scholars has no wit, no salt. These heavy tomes have no soul, they are filled with distress...

Moravagine

Throughout history, the most brutal cultures have always been distinguished by maternal-infant separation.

Mama: Love, Motherhood and Revolution

One’s own history can be the greatest educator

Navigating Life's Roadways: Stories of Insight from My Odyssey and Inspiration for Your Journey

I believe the vulpine greed of the corporate world is cut from the very same cloth as the tyrant of history.

Last Days

Every human character appears only once in the history of human beings. And so does every event of love.

Love and Exile

History, like love, is so apt to surround her heroes with an atmosphere of imaginary brightness.

The Last of the Mohicans

This is the way history happens: it is measured out in days rather than epochs.

The Lodger Shakespeare: His Life on Silver Street