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It seems disingenuous to ask a writer why she, or he, is writing a

It seems disingenuous to ask a writer why she, or he, is writing about a violent subject when the world and history are filled with violence. – Joyce Carol Oates

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As Geography without History seemeth a carkasse without motion; so History without Geography wandreth as a Vagrant without a certaine habitation. – John Smith

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History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up. – Voltaire

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