"As a historian, I have learned that, in fact, not everyone who reaches back into history can survive it. And it is no…"

"Life’s better, sounder, when we don’t brood unnecessarily on horrors. As you know, human history is full of evil deed…"

"In the Year of Our Lord 1456 Drakula did many terrible and curious things. When he was appointed Lord in Wallachia, h…"

"My dear and unfortunate successor: I shall conclude my account as rapidly as possible, since you must draw from it vi…"

"Never before had I known the sudden quiver of understanding that travels from word to brain to heart, the way a new l…"

"It is a fact that we historians are interested in what is partly a reflection of ourselves, perhaps a part of ourselv…"

"It was strange, I reflected, as we went out into the golden evening of the Byzantine streets, that even in the weirde…"

"I’ve always been interested in foreign relations. It’s my belief that the study of history should be our preparation …"

"Would you end war? Create great Peace."

"To be a god First I must be a god-maker: We are what we create."