9 Quotes & Sayings By Elizabeth Bibesco

Elizabeth Bibesco is a writer of historical fiction. Her first novel, The Queen's Chamber, a story of the French Revolution, was a 2008 National Book Award nominee and a 2009 New York Times Notable Book. Her most recent novel, A Soul's Journey, won the 2015 National Book Award for Young People's Literature. Ms Read more

Bibesco has been an active member of the American Historical Association since 2005 and served as the organization's president in 2008-2009. She was named one of USA Today's "Top 10 Teachers of History." In 2008, she received the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP) Award in recognition of her contributions to teaching history in K–12 classrooms. Ms.

Bibesco holds master's degrees in history and French literature from Cornell University and in public history from Gettysburg College.

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Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting Elizabeth Bibesco
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You don't have to signal a social conscience by looking like a frump. Lace knickers won't hasten the holocaust, you can ban the bomb in a feather boa just as well as without, and a mild interest in the length of hemlines doesn't necessarily disqualify you from reading Das Kapital and agreeing with every word. Elizabeth Bibesco
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The Ten Commandments don't tell you what you ought to do: They only put ideas into your head. Elizabeth Bibesco
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We often call a certainty a hope, to bring it luck. Elizabeth Bibesco
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Happiness is a light, an atmosphere, an illumination. It sets a personality. I always feel that it is a creation that is difficult for some and easy for others, but essentially an achievement, never an accident. Elizabeth Bibesco
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There is something very independent about French balloons - you feel you couldn't make a pet of one. Elizabeth Bibesco
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Friendship is a difficult, dangerous job. It is also (though we rarely admit it) extremely exhausting. Elizabeth Bibesco
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Blessed are those who give without remembering and take without forgetting. Elizabeth Bibesco