

“You can't be neutral on a moving train.”
― You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times
― You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times
“We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.”
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“Oh, my dear Vimes, history changes all the time. It is constantly being re-examined and re-evaluated, otherwise how would we be able to keep historians occupied? We can't possibly allow people with their sort of minds to walk around with time on their hands.”
― Jingo
― Jingo

“Saint Petersburg in revolt gave us Vladimir Nabokov, Isaiah Berlin, and Ayn Rand. The first was a novelist, the second a philosopher. The third was neither but thought she was both.”
― The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin
― The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin

“For some, excavating the past isn’t an adventure, it’s more akin to tearing a Band-Aid off an open wound.”
― Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
― Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
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