Ignorant Historian

Sorry so many quotes. It’s really more for my benefit…I want a central place for me to be able to find them! If a few catch your eye as well, that’s great.

“I remembered thinking how hard it was to contemplate death from a comfortable chair.” - The Host by Stephenie Meyer, p. 127

“As will be the case throughout your life, no matter how long or brief [the urge], the choice is, in the end, yours.  Simply bear in mind that most every choice will have consequences, and in this instance those consequences would likely be quite grave.” – Everything Matters! by Ron Currie, Jr., p. 4

“Whether we agree or not, the process of engaging my children in critical examination of the books they read, the television they watch, the films they see, and the video games they play is essential.” – “Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” by Beverly Daniel Tatum, p. 48

“We will all become the men and women we strive (or don’t strive) to be.” - Do Hard Things byAlex and Brent Harris, p. 56

“…here in East Carmine curiosity only ends one way.”

“Death?”
“Worse–enlightenment.” – Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde, p. 110

“In years to come, he would be a giver of bread, not a stealer–proof again of the contradictory human being.  So much good, so much evil.  Just add water.” – The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, p. 164

“Perhaps we were none of us as rare as we thought.” – The Host by Stephenie Meyer, p. 619

“Forgive me if I have tried to add anything to the one foundation,
if I have unconsciously relied upon my knowledge, experience, deeds and not seen them as filthy rags,
if I have attempted to complete what is perfect in Christ;
May my cry be always, only Jesus! only Jesus!” – “The Life Look” in The Valley of Vision, p. 54

“For a combat soldier, the difference between success and failure is your ability to adapt to your enemy.” – Jack Bauer in 24, season 7, 8:00 AM

“…a human being is a shell made of skin keeping the cells, blood, and chemical components in place.  Very few end up in history books.  Most people succomb and disappear without a trace.” – Character Martin Vanger in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, p. 453

“We’re not like them, Kate.  That’s the entire point of trying to stop them.” – Milligan in The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilious Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart, p. 255

“There is a great gulf between the Christianity that wrestles with whether to worship at the cost of imprisonment and death, and the Christianity that wrestles with whether the kids should play soccer on Sunday morning.” - The Hidden Smile of God by John Piper, p. 164

“I find myself thinking: ‘I didn’t mean to be White, I realy didn’t mean it.’ ” – quote in “Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” by Beverly Daniel Tatum, p. 102

“The four of you really think you can stop this.” – Renee Walker

“We have to. It’s as simple as that.” – Jack Bauer, 24, 2:00 PM

“Whom you take out a mortgage with is mostly an accident of geography and economics, and has nothing to do with destiny.” – Everything Matters! by Ron Currie, Jr., p. 62

“Plus, maybe we all felt a bit guilty about leaving him on his own in Hell, even though that’s what he’d wanted.” – Killing Frost by John Marsden, p. 75

“Why do Black youths, in particular, think about themselves in terms of race?  Because that is how the rest of the world thinks of them.” -“Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” by Beverly Daniel Tatum, p. 53

“Most of the White people I talk to either have not thought about their race and so don’t feel anything, or have thought about it and felt guilt and shame.  These feelings of guilt and shame are part of the hidden costs of racism.” - “Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” by Beverly Daniel Tatum, p. 94

“Yes, Ellie the Fearless was embarrassed to be seen with bad table manners. I think that’s when I knew for sure I wasn’t a natural born terrorist.” – Killing Frost by John Marsden, p. 219

“I knew that I had a choice.  I could give in to my resentment and allow it to dig me into a deeper and deeper hole both psychologically and emotionally, or I could choose to believe what God’s Word says to be true whether I felt it was or not.” – In the Presence of My Enemies by Gracia Burnham, p. 142

“I stood looking at it thinking how they’d both make good engineers when they were older, then went into a big downer reminding myself that they were unlikely to survive long enough to have the luxury of becoming engineers or anything else.  Becoming a corpse wasn’t much of a future.” – The Night is for Hunting by John Marsden, p. 184

“If man created problems, man can solve them.” – Mitchell Joakim in a Honda commercial

“I am concerned that our reading and our writing is gravitating to the lowest common denominator so completely that the great themes of majesty and nobility and felicity are made to seem trite, puny, pedestrain….In this day and age having nothing at all to say does not disqualify a person from writing a book.  The sad truth is that many authors simply have never learned to reflect substantively on anything.” – Richard Foster in The Hidden Smile of God by John Piper, p. 153

“I woke up each day with nothing to accomplish–nothing at all, except to stay alive.” – In the Presence of My Enemies by Gracia Burnham, p, 70

“…belief in odd things isn’t against the Rules, as long as it’s done on your own time and you don’t try to convince anyone else.” – Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde, p. 40

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