“History is Something to Look Forward to...”

“If it weren't for all the setbacks and problems of life, there would be nothing to look forward to.”

“The notion that one must know history in order to understand the present has a certain justification when applied to the history of events, but not for the structural history of society. Rather, the opposite is the case: to examine the *constitution* of a particular social and economic structure, one has to be already familiar with the *completed* structure. Only then will one know what to look for in history.”

“Here. Where I am anonymous and alone in a white room with no history and no parading. So I can make something unknown in the shape of this room. Where I am King of Corners. ”

“There is always something to see, if you only know how to look.”

“If you have more good days than bad, you might be an optimist.If you roll out of bed in the morning looking forward to the day, you might be an optimist.If you can't wait to crack open that book and delve into a world all your own, you might be ... me!”

“Every story starts with an idea, but it is the characters that move this idea forward.”