"The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt it didn't matter."
写作是一种乐观的行为。如果你觉得它不重要,你就不会费心去做。
History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation.
"The past is never dead. It’s not even past."