Krcmaric Quotes & Sayings

And he pictured her down below, turning slowly in the currents, her skin pale blue in the cold rays of sunlight slanting down through the water, her hair flowing lazily around her face. — Richard Laymon

The past is the occupational realm of historians - their daily work - and scholars have debated what their stance toward these social issues should be. As citizens and professionals, historians may naturally form a desire, as Carl Becker puts it, "to do work in the world." That is, they might aspire to write history that is not only of scholarly value but also has a salutary impact in society. Becker defines the appropriate impact and the historian's proper role as "correcting and rationalizing for common use Mr. Everyman's mythological adaption of what actually happened."

That process is never simple, however, when the subject involves divisions so deep that they led to civil wars. One issue that inevitably leads to controversy is the extent to which history involves moral judgment. Another is the power of myths, exerting their influence on society and acting in opposition to the findings of historical research [190 - 91]. — Paul D. Escott

I decided that if the shaking of her breasts could be stopped, some of the fragments of the afternoon might be collected, and I concentrated my attention with careful subtlety to this end. — T. S. Eliot

Attitudes are the forerunners of conditions. — Charles Edwards

You are only free when your happiness is not dictated by your needs. — Gabriella Kortsch

When you hear what you have heard before, you remember what you have heard before! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Quality wine, Scotch, and coffee had been the three irreplaceable commodities after the death of Old Earth. — Dan Simmons

Anybody who sides with Canada internationally in a debate between the U.S. and Canada, say, Belgium, is somebody whose opinion we shouldn't care about in the first place. — Tucker Carlson

Hollow, melting the final bits of ice from the bare trees. Steam rose from the soil like a phantom, carrying with it a whisper of autumn smoke that had been lying dormant in the frosty underground. — Jonathan Auxier

This Midwestern sky is the nakedest loneliest sky in America. To escape it, people live inside and underground. — Walker Percy

You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. — Cesar Chavez

Which is - you know, like check it out, I'm pretty young, I'm only about 40 years old. I still have maybe another four decades of work left in me. And it's exceedingly likely that anything I write from this point forward is going to be judged by the world as the work that came after the freakish success of my last book, right? — Elizabeth Gilbert

You're the one who says books have to be heavy because the whole world's inside of them, said Meggie ... — Cornelia Funke