Trying To Erase History Quotes & Sayings

We do not know what we can bear until we are put to the test. Many a delicate mother, who thought that she could not survive the death of her children, has lived to bury her husband and the last one of a large family, and in addition to all this has seen her home and last dollar swept away; yet she has had the courage to bear it all and to go on as before. When the need comes, there is a power deep within us that answers the call. — Orison Swett Marden

I wish every American explored the importance of novel writing, identity, honesty, character and place in fresh-ass ways. — Kiese Laymon

But shame is not a pleasant feeling, and some Japanese politicians are always trying to change our children's history textbooks so that these genocides and tortures are not taught to the next generation. By changing our history and our memory, they try to erase all our shame. — Ruth Ozeki

Trivia is mainstream. 'Nerd' is the new 'cool. — Ken Jennings

Ageing is inevitable, and the idea that we can be eternally youthful is the pitfall of our society. — Jennifer Grey

The best steel doesn't always shine the brightest. — Joe Abercrombie

Inside the magic globe that Florence Nightingale carries, there are wishes and hopes and love. And all of these things are very tiny and also very bright. And there are thousands of wishes and hopes and love things, and they move around in the magic globe, and that's what Florence uses to see by. That is how she sees soldiers who have fallen on the battlefield of life. — Kate DiCamillo

And people are always saying he deceptively quick, deceptively athletic, and I don't know if that's just because I'm Asian or what it is, but obviously there's going to be stereotypes that you have to fight. — Jeremy Lin

Even though I can't tell others whether they should chase their marathon dreams, I highly recommend they do something completely out of character, something they never in a million years thought they'd do, something they may fail miserably at. Because sometimes the places where you end up finding your true self are the places you never thought to look. That, and I don't want to be the only one who sucks at something. — Dawn Dais

America is fickle. You never know what they're going to go for. — Lee Daniels

You always have to remember to take care of yourself first and foremost, because when you stop taking care of yourself you get out of balance and you really forget how to take care of others. — Jada Pinkett Smith

People either love me or they think I'm obnoxious. I get that. — Cheyenne Jackson

Earthly things will pass away. They will pass away and what will be left is my Savior. — Kelly O'Connor McNees

The snowflakes start falling and I start to float
Till my mean older brother stuffs snow down my coat — Owl City

There is a field beyond all notions of right and wrong. Come, meet me there. — Rumi