“Man passes away; his name perishes from record and recollection; his history is as a tale that is told, and his very monument becomes a ruin.” MenNamesRecordsTalesRuinsMonumentRecollectionPassing Away Book:The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories From the Sketch Book Source: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories From the Sketch Book
“No matter how carefully records are kept and filed and computerized, they grow fuzzy with time. Stories grow by accretion. Tales accumulate--like dust. The longer the time lapse, the dustier the history--until it degenerates into fables.” MatterStoriesGrowsHistoryRecordsTalesDustFablesDegeneratesLapsesFuzzyTime Lapse Author:Isaac Asimov