![Sometimes I feel like we’re a knot, too tangled to be taken apart.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ebZml059gwU/X1t77lx53LI/AAAAAAAAJSo/YltMO2J2BhAIgSNBKZbp6VomSVj6rIjtwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/sometimes-i-feel-like-were-a-knot-too-tangled-to-be-taken-apart.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Tag: History
![Sometimes I feel like we’re a knot, too tangled to be taken apart.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ebZml059gwU/X1t77lx53LI/AAAAAAAAJSo/YltMO2J2BhAIgSNBKZbp6VomSVj6rIjtwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/sometimes-i-feel-like-were-a-knot-too-tangled-to-be-taken-apart.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![thus with a kiss I die](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jnp0B5zSuBU/X1uNmlb2wRI/AAAAAAAAK1I/qj-8nCBhAYg0VDm1i5FDdHS7Ks9loFtlACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/thus-with-a-kiss-i-die.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
thus with a kiss I die
![History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Kcd_Rd90ubo/X1tokIOHsiI/AAAAAAAAGxk/dDfgdZufH5oyr5S2yMPiE-_21FsMMaepQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/history-stephen-said-is-a-nightmare-from-which-i-am-trying-to-awake.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.
![People have an annoying habit of remembering things they shouldn’t.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-puebtVBftaw/X1t5-8-pEjI/AAAAAAAAI7E/Z6wjYbOrLek0hJ5op9ClNtLF17DOeGN7QCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/people-have-an-annoying-habit-of-remembering-things-they-shouldnt.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
People have an annoying habit of remembering things they shouldn’t.
![When a man learns to love, he must bear the risk of hatred.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-af0EnXSnGZQ/X1uQKqd3pxI/AAAAAAAALUk/PbUKl6jsLYgtLHSn_8WblG-PW2D-rcjpwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/when-a-man-learns-to-love-he-must-bear-the-risk-of-hatred.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
When a man learns to love, he must bear the risk of hatred.
![The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vW_yXTFo5RY/X1uKhfbUZ5I/AAAAAAAAKe4/N3Kf50Zv0ZQWinCLflGm7kA46chW9ARgQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/the-soul-becomes-dyed-with-the-colour-of-its-thoughts.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.
![The first duty of a man is to think for himself](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-M1RlIgqRvr4/X1uJUOZiUaI/AAAAAAAAKP4/DfR5EaH8PXkz00I3QzhLZYX1LRIgk8SiwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/the-first-duty-of-a-man-is-to-think-for-himself.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
The first duty of a man is to think for himself
![You show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CkSefJiL8yQ/X1uTaRm22nI/AAAAAAAAL2E/euveErtTJ9ENYnjfFq6lR-G-cr717eEDgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/you-show-me-a-capitalist-and-ill-show-you-a-bloodsucker.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
You show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker
![History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4vVhsZmrjHo/X1tokDrdtMI/AAAAAAAAGxo/gvm_hrSFWYo3ERBN7uDRjgoQJn9TmYe-ACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/history-will-be-kind-to-me-for-i-intend-to-write-it.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
![History develops, art stands still.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lJBLOd8vf6c/X0bDEccWgZI/AAAAAAAACVs/HGATamgsrnc00LeWITPMLWSnpptyzL39gCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw16uf-gU/w750-h750-p/history-develops-art-stands-still-quotes-by-e-m-forster-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-art.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
History develops, art stands still.
![How do I define history? It’s just one fucking thing after another](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-a6UdNrG4VSY/X1totfdGLsI/AAAAAAAAG0A/BsLkFknQTMoBV7wLEBfhmyxvpMTJcoqIgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/how-do-i-define-history-its-just-one-fucking-thing-after-another.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
How do I define history? It’s just one fucking thing after another
![He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-P5V_I2ai4SA/X1toUdLzUKI/AAAAAAAAGts/nBbQrxQy9OIBROS0xuX3I-hs7Ds2C-F5gCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/he-who-cannot-draw-on-three-thousand-years-is-living-from-hand-to-mouth.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)