The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.

The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.

Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.

Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.

The future has a way of arriving unannounced.

The future has a way of arriving unannounced.

Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.

Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.

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 pageant, not a philosophy.

History is a pageant, not a philosophy.

The lessons of history? There are four: The bee fertilizes the flower it robs; whom the gods would destroy they read more

The lessons of history? There are four: The bee fertilizes the flower it robs; whom the gods would destroy they first make mad with power; the mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small; when it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.

90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.

How many pens are broken, how many ink bottles consumed, to write about things that have never happened.

How many pens are broken, how many ink bottles consumed, to write about things that have never happened.