历史学家既是侦探，也是讲故事的人。

过去从未死去，它甚至还未过去。

The world is not run from where he thinks. Not from castle walls, but from countinghouses, not by the call of the bugle but by the click of the abacus, not by the grate and click of the broadsword but by the scrape of the pen.

我不让恐惧阻止我，我让它推动我。