The only business of the historian is to relate things exactly as they are: this he can never do as long as he is afraid.

I’ll be reading books until the next challenger arrives. That will calm my nerves, so that I may deal with all situations without panicking.

The historian’s one task is to tell the thing as it happened.

The subject matter is autobiographical, it’s all to do with hope and memory and sensuality and involvement, really.

Now that I know what I want, I don’t have to hold on to it quite so much.

Realize that true happiness lies within you.

The happy think a lifetime short, but to the unhappy one night can be an eternity.

The American soldier demonstrated that, properly equipped, trained and led, he has no superior among all the armies of the world.

The world is fleeting; all things pass away; Or is it we that pass and they that stay?

Be grateful. By slaying you now, I spare you an eternity of torment.