Quotes by Elizabeth Kostova

Elizabeth Kostova

…History it seemed could be something entirely different a splash of blood whose agony didn’t fade overnight or over centuries.

Agony

Blood

Different

…what will we someday do, I always wonder, without the pleasures of turning through books and stumbling on things we never meant to find?

Book

Someday

Wonder

And how could anyone consent to give up the smell of open books, old or new?

Book

Giving Up

Smell

As a historian, I have learned that, in fact, not everyone who reaches back into history can survive it. And it is not only reaching back that endangers us; sometimes history itself reaches inexorably forward for us with its shadowy claws.

Facts

Reaching

Sometimes

As you know, human history is full of evil deeds, and maybe we ought to think of them with tears, not fascination.

Evil

Life

Thinking

Boys mystified me, although I dreamed vaguely of men.

Boys

Men

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Summer

Thinking

Water

Every writer hopes his or her book will be its own thing.

Book

Faith is simply whatever is real to us.

Real

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Cooks

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Found

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Quotes by Elizabeth Kostova

Elizabeth Kostova

…History it seemed could be something entirely different a splash of blood whose agony didn’t fade overnight or over centuries.

…what will we someday do, I always wonder, without the pleasures of turning through books and stumbling on things we never meant to find?

And how could anyone consent to give up the smell of open books, old or new?

As a historian, I have learned that, in fact, not everyone who reaches back into history can survive it. And it is not only reaching back that endangers us; sometimes history itself reaches inexorably forward for us with its shadowy claws.

As you know, human history is full of evil deeds, and maybe we ought to think of them with tears, not fascination.

Boys mystified me, although I dreamed vaguely of men.

Bulgarians eat tarator every single day in summer. They think of it as salad although we’d call it a soup. You can make it as thick or thin as you like depending on how much water you add. It’s very practical in summer because yogurt cools the body faster than water, but the water hydrates you.

Every writer hopes his or her book will be its own thing.

Faith is simply whatever is real to us.

Festina Lente (Hurry in slowly)

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