For when all else is done, only words remain. Words endure.

Quote by Kate Mosse

Topics: History Quotes, Letters Quotes, Writing Quotes

History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that...

History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that...

The past is never forgotten; it's never even past

The past is never forgotten; it's never even past

I believe that history has shape, order, and meaning; that exceptional men, as much as...

I believe that history has shape, order, and meaning; that exceptional men, as much as...

Yeah, I read history. But it doesn't make you nice. Hitler read history, too.

Yeah, I read history. But it doesn't make you nice. Hitler read history, too.

A collection of short stories is generally thought to be a horrendous clinker; an enforced...

A collection of short stories is generally thought to be a horrendous clinker; an enforced...

As to what happened next, it is possible to maintain that the hand of heaven...

As to what happened next, it is possible to maintain that the hand of heaven...

History is fables agreed upon.

History is fables agreed upon.

I think there was a revolution in poetry, associated chiefly with Eliot and Pound; but...

I think there was a revolution in poetry, associated chiefly with Eliot and Pound; but...

The Senate and the country need Senators of courage who are prepared to make their...

The Senate and the country need Senators of courage who are prepared to make their...

You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have...

You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have...

It's a very good historical book about history.

It's a very good historical book about history.

The people who have really made history are the martyrs.

The people who have really made history are the martyrs.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, but to...

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, but to...

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and...

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and...

History is the short trudge from Adam to atom.

History is the short trudge from Adam to atom.

Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence...

Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence...

Long before history began we men have got together apart from the women and done...

Long before history began we men have got together apart from the women and done...

If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be...

If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be...

I will never understand people who think that the way to show their righteous opposition...

I will never understand people who think that the way to show their righteous opposition...

We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them...

We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them...

The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think.

The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think.