I saw Chungking for the first time more than 40 years ago - a city of hills and mists, of read more

I saw Chungking for the first time more than 40 years ago - a city of hills and mists, of grays and lavenders, two rivers shaping it to a point and the cliff rising above me like a challenge.

History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.

History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.

I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.

I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.

History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes

History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes

History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.

History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.

History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.

History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.

How many pens are broken, how many ink bottles consumed, to write about things that have never happened.

How many pens are broken, how many ink bottles consumed, to write about things that have never happened.

The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the read more

The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield.

The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.

The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.