Festina Lente (hurry In Slowly)

No Book That Is Written For An External Purpose Is Going To Be A Passionately Felt Book For The Writer Or The Reader. I Don't See The Point In Doing That.

As You Know, Human History Is Full Of Evil Deeds, And Maybe We Ought To Think Of Them With Tears, Not Fascination.

I Believe In Walking Out Of A Museum Before The Paintings You've Seen Begin To Run Together. How Else Can You Carry Anything Away With You In Your Mind's Eye?

As A Historian, I Have Learned That, In Fact, Not Everyone Who Reaches Back Into History Can Survive It. And It Is Not Only Reaching Back That Endangers Us; Sometimes History Itself Reaches Inexorably Forward For Us With Its Shadowy Claws.

If There Is Any Good In Life, In History, In My Own Past, I Invoke It Now. I Invoke It With All The Passion With Which I Have Lived.