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Elizabeth Kostova on Graduation

born 1964 United States

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For all his attention to my historical education, my father had neglected to tell me this: history’s terrible moments were real.

The Historian (2005)

As a historian, I have learned that, in fact, not everyone who reaches back into history can survive it. And it is not only reaching back that endangers us; sometimes history itself reaches inexorably forward for us with its shadowy claw.

The Historian (2005)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Elizabeth Kostova (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.