| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 6d35d8c | As you know, human history is full of evil deeds, and maybe we ought to think of them with tears, not fascination. | human-history fascination | Elizabeth Kostova | |
| df9fdae | This is the context in which the story must be understood--as one incident in human history, an incident in certain ways and to certain people important, but only one incident. God is the God of human history, and He is at work continuously, mysteriously, accomplishing His eternal purposes in us, through us, for us, and in spite of us. | loss human-history incident | Elisabeth Elliot | |
| faf2f1d | Human history seems to me to be one long story of people sweeping down--or up, I suppose--replacing other people in the process. | history human-history history-repeating-itself history-of-mankind | Alexander McCall Smith |