#quotes about history

[wehavewords]

“History is not usually what has happened. History is what some people have thought to be significant.”

Jan Fishan Khan

#wehavewords #Jan Fishan Khan #words #quotes #life quotes #life #quotes about life #true words #book inspiration #quotes about history

[cherrygxth]

#old vibes #collage #tragedy quotes #quotes about history #quotes #books #old aesthetic #dark aesthetic #my post

[catholicsaintquotes33ad]

#Saint Aloysius Gonzaga #st aloysius #Child of God #King #Jesus Christ #Catholic Saint Quotes #Catholic Saints #Catholic #Catholicism #TradCath #traditional catholic #quotes about life #quotes about history #masons

[the-most-sublime-fool]

Then, too, at sea—to use a homely but expressive phrase—you miss a man so much. A dozen men are shut up together in a little bark, upon the wide, wide sea, and for months and months see no forms and hear no voices but their own, and one is taken suddenly from among them, and they miss him at every turn. It is like losing a limb. There are no new faces or new scenes to fill up the gap. There is always an empty berth in the forecastle, and one man wanting when the small night watch is mustered. There is one less to take up the wheel, and one less to lay out with you upon the yard. You miss his form, and the sound of his voice, for habit had made them almost necessary to you, and each of your senses feels the loss.

—a sailor's diary entry, on losing a shipmate, ca. 1834 (from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr.)

#he also started the entry for that day by saying 'this was a black day in our calendar' #sorry but i'm even more emotional about this after watching ofmd someone please appreciate #this is an actual entry in a real sailor's diary about really losing one of his shipmates #two years before the mast #richard henry dana jr. #quotes #nautical #the sea #nautical history #ofmd #our flag means death

[daenerysoftarth]

“Stranger, what I say is short. Stand and read over it. This is the hardly beautiful tomb of a beautiful woman. Her parents called her Claudia. She loved her husband with all her heart. She had two sons, one of whom she leaves on earth, the other she placed under it. With pleasant conversing but respectable gait she cared for her home and made wool. I have spoken. Move along.”

Roman epitaph CIL 06.15346

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#idk something about that I have spoken. move along #it got me #epitaph #roman epitaph #roman empire #history #quotes #idk what to tag this as I’m trying to cover bases #my posts #graveyard #words #headstone #ancient history #Ancient Rome #1k

[deadpresidents]

God damn your god damned old hellfired god damned soul to hell god damn you and goddam your god damned family's god damned hellfired god damned soul to hell and god damnation god damn them and god damn your god damn friends to hell.

Letter from a citizen to President-elect Abraham Lincoln, November 25, 1860.

I can't prove it, but I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that this citizen didn't vote for Lincoln.

#History #Presidents #Abraham Lincoln #President Lincoln #1860 Election #Politics #Presidential History #Quotes About Presidents #Political History #Elections #Maybe the citizen just REALLY liked Stephen A. Douglas #Presidential Correspondence #POTUS #POTUS History #I can neither confirm or deny that this citizen plagiarized letters that I wrote to Donald Trump

[hacash]

jared harris doomed grouchy alcoholic captain of my heart and all, but I cannot emphasise just how moving it is to read the actual crozier’s letters to his ‘dear sisters’ and nicknaming his sister charlotte as ‘dear small’ and gushing over how excited he is to serve under someone so honourable as sir john franklin and constantly asking james clark ross to pass on his love to ross’s wife and baby and nicknaming anne ross ‘thot’ (??) and the baby cute things like ‘the dear little stranger’ and ‘little sir james’

and yes I love terror’s francis ‘crankypants’ crozier, but the fact that we think of victorian men as being repressed and emotionless and yet every single one of the real man’s letters just overflows with affection and good humour just Does Something to me ok

#the terror #may we be spared to meet on earth #history #don’t even get me started on the Dork Twins fitzjames and goodsir #goodsir gushing about Science Things #fitzjames recommending a lieutenant for service because he ‘invented fuzes or something’ #(direct quote) #I’m crying a little

[eeviaylxix]

achilles: so you're telling me... you didn't go on a rage-induced murder spree after your boyfriend died in battle?

hamilton: ...no?

achilles:

hamilton: are you okay??

#incorrect quotes #shitpost #american revolution #alexander hamilton #amrev #hamilton #history #john laurens #lams #historical lams #achilles #patroclus #patrochilles #the iliad #tsoa #the song of achilles #i will never shut up about the parallels between patrochilles and lams

[rayferraro]

#hayley wickenheiser #women's hockey #hockey #team canada #quotes #randomly thinking about this.... #this history and controversy and lies or whatever behind it #is so funny to me #especially cassie being like #'this did not represent us as canadians' #like ok sure!

[couthbbg]

I love you queer hockey fans I love you queer training and coaching staff I love you queer arena staff I love you queer hockey journalists I love you queer back office staff I love you queer front office staff I love you queer Zamboni drivers I love you queer mascot dudes (gn) I love you queer hockey players of all ages everywhere professional or not. You all exist and love this sport despite the efforts of many to make you invisible and unwelcome. I love you I love you I love you

#big in my feels ig this morning #I’ve loved reading about the different leagues and players around the world that have support initiatives and work hard to make #queer players and fans feel welcome and respected #and loving some of the quotes coming out of players maybe taking a stand #but I was just thinking this morning about how important it was to me when I was younger that #the sport I played and loved and the team I was on was supportive and I knew there was a rich history of players like me #and just thinking about how much harder my journey would have been if I was in a diff environment #ANYWAY #I love u queer hockey tumblr girlies (gn) most of all

[oldshrewsburyian]

From behind the papist virgin with her silver shoes there creeps another woman, poor, her feet bare and calloused, her swarthy face plastered with the dust of the road. Her belly is heavy with salvation and the weight drags and makes her back ache.

The Mirror and the Light, Hilary Mantel

#16th-century anti-catholicism yes but/and i continue to be obsessed with mantel's writerly imagination #the mirror and the light #hilary mantel #the way she writes about theology fascinates me #as well as the way she writes about history obviously #[insert quip about 16th-century English history being inseparable from Anglican wrangling] #book quotes

[silvantransthranduiltrash]

I’m sorry, but can you just imagine:

Elves in Valinor: i wonder how the elves that choose to remain in ME are doing? Are they suffering? Are they thriving? Have they faded yet?

Meanwhile, Thranduil: *sipping a pina colada out of a coconut, hanging out in a hammock, on a beach, with some reggae and a nice book* i don’t care that staying in ME means that i will face hardships and horrors that are beyond valinor’s wildest dreams, because i’m sure i’m also relaxing and living the good life beyond valinor’s wildest dreams.

#i’m sorry #but you can’t tell me that valinor has progressed as fast as the humans in ME have #ME elves might hve faced the horrors of our history but they are also reaping the benefits #sure they’re worried about everything but by god are they gonna take what they can get #lord of the rings #lotr #lotr elves #the hobbit #silmarillion #thranduil #incorrect tolkien quotes #incorrect lotr quotes #incorrect hobbit quotes

[hindahoney]

I will ALWAYS be protective of Anne Frank and how people speak about her or depict her. She was a child who was murdered, she's not your allegory, life lesson, punchline, or book character.

#also im so tired of people taking her quote about still believing the world is a beautiful place #because she very much did not believe that at the end #feels like a way for goyim to feel better about what happened #jumblr #judaism #jewish #frumblr #jewish history #jewblr #please let her rest #im looking at you blaire white

[canisalbus]

translated by GT

Today I learned that the Pope has the right to appoint secret cardinals, and even the cardinals themselves may not realize that they now have a new position. Popes have the right to make the name public at any time, but if the Pope dies before the Cardinal's name is made public, the individual ceases to be a Cardinal.

Yes, Catholicism is weird.

But more importantly, there is only one person in the world who can prove that I am not a cardinal.

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#I've heard of those #stuff is complicated as is and the rules and canon have varied a lot throughout history #don't quote me on this but I believe in order to be eligible to become a cardinal these days you have to be an unmarried catholic man #between the ages of 30 and 75 #and an ordained priest at minimum even though in practice all cardinals are bishops or archbishops #but I also think the pope as the sovereign leader has the power to appoint anyone at least in theory #and historically the requirements have been a lot looser popes would create cardinals pretty haphazardly #nepotism was exceedingly common every pope would want to surround himself with relatives friends and allies #at least a few popes allegedly made their lovers into (largely incompetent) cardinals back in the day #answered #anonymous #not that I know anything but everything I've read about the renaissance holy see has immense chaotic energy

[incorrect-all-for-the-game]

Nicky: Croissants: dropped

Matt: Road: works ahead

Dan: BBQ sauce: on my titties

Andrew: Shavacado: fre

Neil: Miss Keisha: fuckin’ dead

Kevin, grumpy: I didn’t understand a single word of that and I hate every single one of you.

#I see a lot of ‘Neil doesn’t know any references to anything’ but I disagree #even if he didn’t know.. HE HANGS OUT WITH MATT!! #Kevin truly knows none of them #he walks around mumbling about Vine like it’s an ancient thing that was lost to history #trust #aftg #all for the game #incorrect aftg #aftg incorrect quotes #nicky hemmick #matt boyd #dan wilds #andrew minyard #neil josten #kevin day

[rosepompadour]

I always live in a dream world.

Jackie Kennedy in conversation with Richard Nixon, 1971

#jackie kennedy #history #this is absolutely devastating in context because they're discussing nostalgia and she's referring to her life without jack #this is what i hate about posting quotes on tumblr because they lose so much of their power outside of the source material #:/ oh well #'it doesn't matter now. let the coquette blogs come.' /beauty and the beast