Catherine

“There are souls, he thought, who's umbilicus has never been cut. They never got weaned from the universe. They do not understand death as the enemy; they look forward to rotting and turning into humus.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

“He could do whatever he wanted. My father was the same way: a houseful of guests, and my mother's duty was to provide food, drink, fun, and conversation, while my father's was to nap or read.”
― Melissa Bank, The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing

“It is painful to advert to these things. But our forefathers, though wise, pious, and sincere, were nevertheless, in respect to Christian charity, under a cloud. And, in History, truth should be held sacre, at whatever cost . . .especially against the narrow and futile patriotism, which, instead of pressing forward in pursuit of truth, tajes pride in walking backwards to cover the slightest nakedness of our forefathers.”
― Colonel Thomas Aspinwall

“Since the alternatives to war remain roads largely not taken in the United States, however, they are tricky subjects for historians. As Edward Carr notes, "History is, by and large, a record of what people did, not what people failed to do." On the other hand, making the present seem inevitable robs history of all its life and much of its meaning. History is contingent on the actions of people.”
― James W. Loewen, Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong