I know every note in every song, the whole history of it, even parts that were there and are gone. – Enya

The future is dark, the present burdensome. Only the past, dead and buried, bears contemplation. – G.R. Elton, The Practice of History

Life isnt meant to be easy. Its hard to take being on the top – or on the bottom. I guess Im something of a fatalist. You have to have a sense of history, I think, to survive some of these things… Life is one crisis after another. – Richard M. Nixon

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. – John F. Kennedy