the twin pillars of the future — education and the environment - Dan Brown

History is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books-books which glorify their own cause and disparage the conquered foe. As Napoleon once said, 'What is history, but a fable agreed upon?

You can't jump for the stars if your feet hurt. And when you get where you're going, you darn well better look great!

Fear, Katherine had once heard, acted as a stimulant sharpening the mind's ability to think.