历史是记忆的不完美与文献的不足相遇时产生的确定性。
History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation.
A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread—and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness— Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!
人们忘了告诉对方彼此的变化。
孔子说：“君子坦荡而不骄狂，小人骄狂而不坦荡。”
最有力的故事是那些揭示人类状况脆弱性的故事。