"There is, for instance, only one page at the beginning of Runciman's three-volume History of the Crusades describing how the participants decided to begin four hundred years of wars, and then several thousand pages devoted to the routes, battles and other events which make up the "history" of the Crusades."

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Source : Lloyd DeMause (1975). “The New Psychohistory”, New York : Psychohistory Press

Lloyd deMause

#War Quotes #Years Quotes #Battle Quotes

“I regret that I wasn't the kind of person who could enjoy celebrity. It embarrassed me too much.”
“i fight with love and i laugh with rage....you gotta live light enough to see the humor, and long enough to see some change...”
“We may run, walk, stumble, drive, or fly, but let us never lose sight of the reason for the journey or miss a chance to see a rainbow on the way.”

Source : "Pathway to Purpose: Women Answer God's Call to Leadership: A Workbook". Book by Kathrine Giske, 1999.
“When you reach your peak its time to die.”
“Kindness is never wasted.”
“As a fond mother, when the day is o'er, Leads by the hand her little child to bed, Half willing, half reluctant to be led, And leave his broken playthings on the floor. Still gazing at them through the open door, Nor wholly reassured and comforted By promises of others in their stead Which, the more splendid, may not please him more; So Nature deals with us, and takes away Our playthings one by one, and by the hand Leads us to rest so gently, that we go Scarce knowing if we wish to go or stay, Being too full of sleep to understand How far the unknown transcends the what we know.”
“They should've built a city on rock and roll.”
“If an ordinary person parks outside another ordinary person's house for a week, it's considered stalking. If, however, that person is considered newsworthy, it's perfectly legal for paparazzi to do the same thing.”

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