What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.

What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.

Nostalgia is a seductive liar.

Nostalgia is a seductive liar.

The fate of a nation has often depended on the food or bad digestion of a prime minister.

The fate of a nation has often depended on the food or bad digestion of a prime minister.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

All history, of course, is the history of wars.

All history, of course, is the history of wars.

We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?

We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?

I saw Chungking for the first time more than 40 years ago - a city of hills and mists, of read more

I saw Chungking for the first time more than 40 years ago - a city of hills and mists, of grays and lavenders, two rivers shaping it to a point and the cliff rising above me like a challenge.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes.

History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes.