Elizabeth Kostova Quote

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 claw.


A Note to the Reader - The Historian (2005)


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...

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...

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...

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...