Henry Adams

The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong.

I have written too much history to have faith in it; and if anyone thinks I'm wrong, I am inclined to agree with him.

It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.

This is the most intimate relationship between literature and its readers: they treat the text as a part of themselves, as a possession.

Sometimes, what you do you have no control over because it's predestined. It's gonna happen in spite of you. There's nothing you can do about it.