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My sister has been on my case to start the thread for history quotes, so here it is. Enjoy.

Love it! Lynne, your page 46 topic titles always make me laugh. :D

Just one more service I provide, she said, humbly looking at the ground. LOL

I love that this one sounds threatening! I better find a quote!

from Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

"Tom pulled a boy's hair in the next bench, and was absorbed in his book when the boy turned around; stuck a pin in another boy, presently, in order to hear him say 'Ouch!' and got a new reprimand from his teacher. Tom's whole class were of a pattern--restless, noisy, and troublesome. When they came to recite their lessons, not one of them knew his verses perfectly, but had to be prompted all along."

Susan wrote: "from Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

"Tom pulled a boy's hair in the next bench, and was absorbed in his book when the boy turned around; stuck a pin in another boy, presently,..."

Sounds a lot like my classes during the last month of school!

Lynne wrote:" ... Sounds a lot like my classes during the last month of school!"

No kidding! ;o) Mine, too. Though this quote was about Sunday School, I can see the same description applying to our kids in regular school.

From To Hold the Crown: The Story of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York by Jean Plaidy:

"Elizabeth is a good creature, I grant you. I have no complaint of her. She will be a docile wife and she admires you and is of course grateful because of what you have brought her. But I have never liked Elizabeth Woodville, an upstart from the beginning. I should like to see her relieved from Court."

Amid the priests and their litanies, the rooms and streets decorated in black, the sad faces, the tears and the wringing hands, Alexandra suppressed her own small, pathetic happiness.. "One's feeling one can imagine" she wrote to her sister. "One day in deepest mourning lamenting a beloved one, the next in smartest clothes being married. There cannot be a greater contrast, but it drew us more together, if possible." "Such was my entry into Russia," she added later.

Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie

I read this book YEARS ago, but it is one of my favorite books on history or Nicholas and Alexandra!

Lyn M wrote: "I read this book YEARS ago, but it is one of my favorite books on history or Nicholas and Alexandra!"

It was awesome! Couldn't put it down :)

from Kim, by Rudyard Kipling:

" 'It may be that the Bull knows -- that he is sent to guide us both,' said the lama, hopefully as a child. Then to the company, indicating Kim: 'This one was sent to me but yesterday. He is not, I think, of this world.'
" 'Beggars a plenty have I met, and holy men to boot, but never such a yogi nor such a disciple,' said the woman.
" Her husband touched his forehead lightly with one finger and smiled."

"They rowed ashore to the hamlet and approached the villagers politely. They made clear that they were anxious to see the place where the battle had been fought, if it was thereabouts. After some hesitation, two of the men agreed to show them the ford and the druid's island, which they inspected. Then, finding nothing else at Londinos to interest them, they left on the ebb tide, having paid the people of the hamlet for their trouble with a silver coin."

London: The Novel by Edward Rutherfurd

Tina - I love Edward Rutherfurd. I have Russka on my list to read soon.

The journey began when he lost his trucking job. Ever since, Dorfman had traveled through the Civil War, as I now planned to do. Only Dorfman was doing it backwards: from Lee's surrender at Appomattox, to Petersburg, to Gettysburg, Antietam, Manassas and now Fort Sumter. Later today, he'd begin the long retreat to New York.
"Why'd you do it in reverse?" I asked him.
Dorfman looked at me quizzically. "If we could travel back in time, wouldn't we hit the end of the War first?"

Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War by Tony Horwitz

Lyn M wrote: "Tina - I love Edward Rutherfurd. I have Russka on my list to read soon."

Me too! I have Russka added to my challenge too and am very excited to be reading it--just not so soon after London--I need a short break :)

From The Grapes of Wrath
The men squatted on their hams, sharp-faced men, lean from hunger
and hard from resisting it, sullen eyes and hard jaws. And the rich
land was around them.
D'ja hear about the kid in the fourth tent down?
No, I jus' come in.
Well, that kid's been a-cryin' in his sleep an' a-rollin' in his
sleep. Them folks thought he got worms. So they give him a blaster,
an' he died. It was what they call black-tongue the kid had. Comes
from not gettin' good things to eat.
Poor little fella.
Yeah, but them folks can't bury him. Got to go to the county stone
orchard.
Well, hell.
And hands went into pockets and little coins came out. In front of
the tent a little heap of silver grew. And the family found it there.
Our people are good people; our people are kind people. Pray God
some day kind people won't all be poor. Pray God some day a kid can
eat.
And the association of owners knew that some day the praying would
stop.
And there's the end.

This isn't from Page 46 is actually the end of Chapter 19 but there are so many parts of this book when I'm reading I think, I should post this to GR and share with my Pick-a-Shelf readers. This book is profoundly moving!

Page 46 doesn't exist in this book so here is some of 47:
They are taking apart the cardinal's house. Room by room, the King's men are stripping York Place of its owner. They are bundling up parchments and scrolls, missals and memoranda and the volumes of his personal accounts; they are even taking the ink and the quills.
...
They told the cardinal he was dismissed as Lord Chancellor, and demanded he hand over the great Seal of England. He, Cromwell, touched the cardinals arm. A hurried conference. The cardinal turned back to them, gracious: it appears a written request from the king is necessary; have you one? Oh: careless of you. It requires a lot of face to keep so calm; but then the cardinal has face.
Wolf Hall

"'Chea, how come good doesn't win over evil? Why did the Khmer Rouge win if they are bad people?'
Chea answered: '--jchan baan chea preah chnae baan chea mea," which means 'Loss will be God's, victory will be the devil's.' When good appears to lose, it is an opportunity for one to be patient, and become like God. 'But not very long, p'yoon srey [younger sister:],' she explainted, and referred to a Cambodian proverb about what happens when good and evil are thrown together into the river of life. Good is symbolized by klok, a type of squash, and evil by armbaeg, shards of broken glass. 'The good will win over the evil. Now, klok sinks, and broken glass floats. But armbaeg will not float long. Soon klok will win float instead, and then the good will prevail.' Chea's eyes peirced me with an expression that reinforced her words. 'P'yoon, wait and see. It will happen.'

from When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge by Chanrithy Him

from Maus by Art Spiegelman; a bit hard to get any idea about a graphic novel from just text, but here's trying:

"...I tell you, with Mala, I don't know what to do. She ..."
"PLEASE, Pop! I'd rather not hear all that again. Tell me about 1939, when you were drafted."
"1939? Yes, we were given army trainings for a few days and then, by the start of september we were on the frontier-
"... We were all digged into trenches near a river, on the other side it was Germans."

Powerful quotes. Definitely not "light summer reading".

From Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser:

That was the point. The fate of a princess who married into a foreign country was to be a hostage--possessed. But she was also expected to be an ambassador. Marie Antoinette was certainly an egregious example of such a complicated twofold destiny but throughout history there were many, many other princesses who shared it. Isabella of Parma had outlined the unhappy possibilities: "What should the daughter of a great prince expect?...Born the slave of other people's prejudices, she finds herself subjected to the weight of honours, these innumerable etiquettes attached to greatness...a sacrifice to the supposed public good." Napoleon, marrying Marie Antoinette's great niece forty years later, explained the bargain rather more crudely: "I am marrying a womb."

Lynne wrote: "Powerful quotes. Definitely not "light summer reading"."

Definitely not light over here! lol

from Galileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel:

"No other Italian city, Galileo learned, opposed the entry of natural sisters into the same monastery, but he would not send the girls to another city. He preferred to keep them close by, even if that meant seeking special dispensations. ...

"It could never be done, but it happened all the time, as Galileo was well aware."

from The Good War: An Oral History of World War II by Studs Terkel:

I remember one particularly, A redhead. To this day, I see the image of this young German soldier sitting against a tree. This group was probably resting, trying to make their escape. The whole thing probably could have been avoided if we had more experience and could have called down to them in German to surender. Instead ther was needless slaughter. It has the feel of murder, doesn't it? What I remember of that day.....is a realization of how you've been conditioned. At that stage, we didn't hate the Germans just for the evil country they represented, but right down to each individual German. But once the helmet is off, you're looking at a teen-ager, another kid.

Susan wrote: "from Galileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel:

"No other Italian city, Galileo learned, opposed the entry of natural sisters into the same monastery, but he would not send the g..."

I want to read this book. Please post a review to let me know if I should.

You haven't read this? It is really good. I would say it is a definite read, myself. I had a copy of it somewhere, but I have no idea if I lent it out or not.

I think I gave it to BOB one Christmas. With ulterior motives no doubt.

Well we both read it. It was really good.

Lynne wrote: "Susan wrote: "from Galileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel:

"No other Italian city, Galileo learned, opposed the entry of natural sisters into the same monastery, but he woul..."

Lynne,
I just posted a short review in the history section, and I would say that if you enjoy reading history, you will probably like this. I don't (enjoy reading history), so it was tough going for me, but I definitely learned a lot about Galileo's life and his discoveries.

Thanks Susan.

"He was finally executed after a military defeat and is said to have left a testament of passionate repentance. The revolution soon found another leader, however, the priest José Mariá Morelos: 'You must regard as enemies all the rich, the nobles, and high-ranking officials ...'"
from Open Veins of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano

"The doctor was already an elderly man when he proposed to my grandmother. He was sixty-five, and a widower, with three grown-up sons and one daughter, all of them married. ...

"Dr. Xia called his sons into his study and told them about his plans. They stole disbelieving, leaden glances at one another. There was a heavy silence. Then the eldest spoke: 'I presume, Father, you mean she will be a concubine.'"

from Wild Swans by Jung Chan

From The Shadow of the Wind Pg. 46

"You disappoint me, Daniel," he said. "When I took you to that secret place, I told you that the book you chose was something special, that you were going to adopt it and had to be responsible for it."
"I was ten at the time, Father, and that was a child's game."
My father looked at me as if I had stabbed him.
"And now you're fourteen, and not only are you still a child, you're a child who thinks he is a man. Life is going to deal you a great many blows, Daniel. And very soon."

Tara - I'm looking forward to this one some day. Hope you liked it.

I SOOOOO failed on the history shelf, which is weird, cuz history of any kind is one of my favorite genres, but this was a bad month for reading for me.

From The Sherlock Holmes Mysteries: New Expanded Edition by Arthur Conan Doyle:

"His name is Vincent Spaulding, and he's not such a youth, either. It's hard to say his age. I should not wish a smarter assistant, Mr. Holmes; and I know very well that he could better himself and earn twice what I am able to give him. But, after all, if he is satisfied, why should I put ideas in his head?"

"Why indeed? You seem most fortunate in having an employee who comes under the full market-price. It is not a common experience among employers in this age. I don't know that your assistant is not a remarkable as your advertisement."