"The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.“


-Erica Jong

posted in history


The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.

Other Quotes You Might Like

Discover more inspiring quotes from our collection

"Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness."

-Erica Jong

womenView Quote
"Men and women, women and men. It will never work."

-Erica Jong

womenView Quote
"You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy."

-Erica Jong

womenView Quote
"No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks."

-Erica Jong

wisdomView Quote
"Women are not the richer sex. Women are not equal in society."

-Erica Jong

societyView Quote
"I thought to spend my declining years writing poetry and teaching - but that won't pay the Bergdorf's bill. I think I'll move to somewhere life is cheaper."

-Erica Jong

poetryView Quote

More Quotes About history

Explore other inspiring quotes in this category

"Literature overtakes history, for literature gives you more than one life. It expands experience and opens new opportunities to readers."

-Carlos Fuentes

historyView Quote
"If I had been elected president in 1948, history would be vastly different. I believe we would have stemmed the growth of Big Government, which had begun with the New Deal and culminated with the Great Society."

-Strom Thurmond

historyView Quote
"For most of our history, Americans enjoyed both liberty and security from foreign threats."

-Harry Browne

historyView Quote
"There is nothing glorious about what our ancestors call history. It is simply a succession of mistakes, intolerances and violations."

-Claude Vorilhon

historyView Quote
"This is a good time to ask apologists for the Islamic regime, who degrades Islam? Who imposes stoning, forced marriage of underage girls and flogging for not wearing the veil? Do such practices represent Iran's ancient history and culture, its ethnic and religious diversity? Its centuries of sensual and subversive poetry?"

-Azar Nafisi

historyView Quote
"What would be the nicest thing I could say about Newt Gingrich? He may be one of the great supporters of the humanities, because you have people who don't want to study the social sciences, because it's not profitable, and now Newt, as the highest-paid historian in American history, may be an encouragement to people to study history."

-Barney Frank

historyView Quote