“The hare of history once more overtakes the tortoise of art.”
― Mother Night
― Mother Night
“And I thought:History is like a horror story.”
― Amulet
― Amulet
“Oh, my dear Vimes, history changes all the time. It is constantly being re-examined and re-evaluated, otherwise how would we be able to keep historians occupied? We can't possibly allow people with their sort of minds to walk around with time on their hands.”
― Jingo
― Jingo
“You can't be neutral on a moving train.”
― You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times
― You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times
“Saint Petersburg in revolt gave us Vladimir Nabokov, Isaiah Berlin, and Ayn Rand. The first was a novelist, the second a philosopher. The third was neither but thought she was both.”
― The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin
― The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin
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