“Historians, only things of weight, Results of persons, or affairs of State, Briefly, with truth and clearness should relate; Laconic shortness memory feeds.” ShouldPersonsStatesMemoriesResultsWeightAffairRelateHistorianClearnessShortnessLaconic Author:James R. Heath
“Creative memory is the historian's most subtle opponent.” MemoriesHistoryCreativeOpponentsSubtleHistorian Author:Mason Cooley
“I'm a horrible historian. My memory is bad. I read things and then I forget them. I can't understand dates and I can't measure time. Time is confusing to me. That's why I do a lot of manipulations of time in my books, in part because an orderly time is physically difficult for me to conceive of in my brain.” I CanBookDifficultMemoriesForgetBrainHorribleManipulationHistorianConfusingOrderly Author:Lucy Corin