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As Hegel said, tragedy was not the conflict between right and wrong, but right and right, a dilemma none of us who wanted to participate in history could escape.

Authors were, at heart, no matter how much they blustered or how suavely they carried themselves, insecure creatures with sensitive egos, as delicate in the constitution as movie stars, only much poorer and less glamorous.

She was a poor person, I was her poor child, and no one asks poor people if they want war.

It is always better to admire the best among our foes rather than the worst among our friends.