If There Is Any Good In Life,

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.

My Publishers Are Wonderful Because They Have Let Me Write What I Wanted To. They're Wise Enough To Know That, With Any Author Who's Not Simply Writing Formulas - Who's Trying To Create Something New - Pressuring Them To Do Something For Market Purposes Almost Always Backfires. I Can't Imagine Working Under Those Circumstances, Actually.

It Was Good To Walk Into A Library Again; It Smelled Like Home.

I've Always Been Interested In Foreign Relations. It's My Belief That Study Of History Should Be Our Preparation For Understanding The Present Rather Than An Escape From It.

Then You Must Say To Her, 'madame, I Observe That Your Heart Is Broken. Allow Me To Repair It For You.