Famous quotes containing the word uncover:
“Critical acumen is exerted in vain to uncover the past; the past cannot be presented; we cannot know what we are not. But one veil hangs over past, present, and future, and it is the province of the historian to find out, not what was, but what is. Where a battle has been fought, you will find nothing but the bones of men and beasts; where a battle is being fought, there are hearts beating.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the casualties.”
—John Irving (b. 1942)
“God gives us intelligence to uncover the wonders of nature. Without the gift, nothing is possible.”
—James Clavell (b. 1924)