History provides an antidote to cynicism about the past.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
History is the interpretation of the significance that the past has for us.
History is one of those marvelous and necessary illusions we have to deal with. It's one of the ways of dealing with our world with impossible generalities which we couldn't live without.
What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past.
Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our being.
History is present in all my novels. And whether I am directly talking about the sociological moment or just immersing my character in the environment, I am very aware of it.
History is nothing but gossip about the past, with the hope that it might be true.
History is with us until we learn from the suffering of the past.
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
I've always been intrigued by the way history works, the way we decide what is mentioned.
History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living.