Laura Amy Schlitz Quotes

Most of us get our history through story.

History courses made up of all facts and no interpretation are guaranteed to put kids to sleep…. History comes alive when viewed as a patterned story open to ongoing debate.

I actually do think the history is so epic that it actually kind of writes itself.

Historical novels are, without question, the best way of teaching history, for they offer the human stories behind the events and leave the reader with a desire to know more.

It seems to me that the basic plot of all historical novels is a romance swept aside by history.

I've always been a relatively big history buff. In college, I took a lot of history courses, and when I was in grad school, I liked to audit them.

If you read any of my books, they tend to have a strong historical perspective.

Throughout the human experience people have read history because they felt that it was a pleasure and that it was in some way instructive. The profession of professor of history has taken it in a very different direction.

History is full of really good stories. That's the main reason I got into this racket: I want to make the argument that history is interesting.

To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning.

I do enjoy history. That's one of the things that I love about acting is you get a chance to really dive into history and develop a real personal opinion about it.

I think you can learn from history.

No harm's done to history by making it something someone would want to read.

As a kid, I sensed history going on all around me, but the basic thrust of it didn't move me.

I never put out a history, I put out a dramatic history.

I really feel sorry for kids who aren't interested in history - recent history, either, because it is this that made us what we are.

The way you 'take history' is also a way of 'making history.'

The Greeks have given to the world the science of history; the Israelites gave to the world historical religion. In contrast to all their neighbors, both peoples knew what history is; this is no consequence of their mental giftedness, however, for there is another reason. Through mighty events both peoples experienced what history is, and by the investment of their lives they made history.

I write to learn the flow of history.

Histories are to educate so that we understand better for ourselves and for motivation.

Americans are in vital need of the instruction that historians can provide.

We knew that bringing a level of entertainment value to the subject of history was the key to our success.

We learn from history. That's what it's all about.

I was very interested in history, but I also thought, you know, history is not that interesting sometimes, and it can feel a bit medicinal.

Every great writer is a writer of history, let him treat on almost what subject he may.