<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Archives look passive only after their decisions... > Archives look passive only after their decisions have become invisible. Canons look inevitable only after everyone who fought over their composition is dead. **Source:** [[articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]], [[working/authorship-west-extraction-markup-20260922/postimages/articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]], [[working/authorship-west-reminder-links-repair-20260922/postimages/articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]], [[working/authorship-west-reminder-links-repair-20260922/preimages/articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Archives look passive only after their decisions have become invisible. Canons look inevitable only after everyone who fought over their composition is dead.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-archives-look-passive-over-composition-dead ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->