"As a historian, he understood that what in hindsight were taken to be grand events really consisted of a myriad of tiny, seemingly inconsequential choices. Often as not, great moments hung on coincidences and random luck."

"In a way, the worst sin of the conservatives was that of hypocrisy. They proclaimed growth as their objecti…"

"And she actually looks—well, I’m not sure how to describe her. Scary is such an inadequate word, don’t you …"

"On September 5, rioters marched to attack the East Precinct, as they had done many times before. But that n…"

"I really liked Deadheads and the whole Dead concert scene: the tailgating, the tie-dye uniforms, the camara…"

"He had not stopped desiring her for a single instant. He found her in the dark bedrooms of captured towns, …"

"...the Japanese interest him professionally. How do they and the Germans do it, when America's going down t…"