The best science often comes from asking the simplest questions.

Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to each other.

历史不仅仅是关于过去；它是关于我们如何理解现在并塑造未来。

——又一个经典的比方

真正的历史学家是真理的战士。