[The Poles] will die for their country; but few will work for it.

Most Poles are by temperament 'agin'.

The Terror-Famine of 1932-33 was a dual-purpose by product of collectivization, designed to suppress Ukrainian nationalism and the most important concentration of prosperous peasants at one throw.

It is indeed the duty of historians to stress the contrast betweenthe standards of the past and the standards of the present. Somefulfil that duty on purpose, others by accident.

Reconstructing the past is rather like translating poetry. It can be done, but never exactly.

The Fascist utopia, like that of the Communists, was false, and generated immense suffering. But there were those who dreamed it sincerely.

The historical profession is nowhere famous for its tolerance, but there are not many countries where historians can expect to pay for their opinions with penal servitude or the firing squad.

Gerald's look assured her that he and the others would be as near angels as children could be without ceasing to be human.

In this life, you have winners and losers. the more you win, the higher you go.

Whatever your favorite food is, if you eat it every day for a month, you're going to get sick of it.

The internet in hotels should be free - and I really resent it when they charge you five dollars for a bottle of water beside your bed.

As warmth makes even glaciers trickle, and opens streams in the ribs of frozen mountains, so the heart knows the full flow and life of its grief only when it begins to melt and pass away.

There is a social injunction implied in the positivist and analyst methods. This social axiom is that :;:;:;:;:;:; We OUGHT to act in such a way that what IS true can be verified to be so.

Nobody gives you a chance, you got to take chances.

There are no unachievable goals.

I had no idea that reading it would lead me to a cabin. It's dangerous to open a book

Life is a canvas of many strokes where shades from different palettes meet into a picture so concrete that some forget it is their own, so become framed themselves.