#historic

Directly in front of me, crossing the street, I saw a woman laughing and walking arm in arm with two men. When she came to the curb, she lifted her skirt with both hands and vulgarly displayed a pair of indigo stockings. ↗

— Nancy B. Brewer

#historical-romance-fiction #men

A Quote from Monty's journal in GOD MUST BE WEEPING. "I felt as anonymous as a grain of sand. ↗

— J.D. Winston

#historical-fiction #inspirational #literary-fiction #love-story #spiritual

Cultural anthropology is more and more rapidly getting to realize itself as a strictly historical science. ↗

— Edward Sapir

#cultural #getting #historical #itself #more

Usually when I go to a place for the first time, unless there's something historical or spectacular that nature has to offer, the first thing I like to do is see what's on the minds of the people. ↗

— Patti Smith

#first thing #first time #go #historical #i

If I can generate enough income, I'd like to get a castle, a historic castle that I can restore. ↗

— Henry Thomas

#enough #generate #get #historic #i

Historically, San Franciscans have not valued street trees as much as other communities have. ↗

— Gavin Newsom

#franciscans #historically #much #other #san

We have gotten away from this double aspect of either putting the character back into historical events or of making a historical event of his very life. ↗

— Raymond Queneau

#away #back #character #double #either

The Renaissance is studded by the names of the artists and architects, with their creations recorded as great historical events. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#artists #creations #events #great #historical

To Jana's mind everybody seemed happy to see BAbichka and resisted returning her, like a misplaced package sent to the wrong address. It was as if the recipient opened it up, knowing it should be returned, but wondering who long they could legitimately keep it before being changed with theft. ↗

— F.C. Malby

#literary-fiction #change

When the venture has been made of dealing with historical events and characters, it always seems fair towards the reader to avow what liberties have been taken, and how much of the sketch is founded on history. ↗

— Charlotte Mary Yonge

#been #characters #dealing #events #fair