Aparna

“′Classic′ - a book which people praise and don't read.”
― Mark Twain

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“When will you learn that there isn't a word for everything?”
― Nicole Krauss, The History of Love

“What is history? Any thoughts, Webster?'

'History is the lies of the victors,' I replied, a little too quickly.

'Yes, I was rather afraid you'd say that. Well, as long as you remember that it is also the self-delusions of the defeated. ...

'Finn?'

'"History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation." (quoting Patrick Lagrange)”
― Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending