As for history, we are living in its ruins. And as for biographies, we are living with the consequences of… — Scott Lynch
As for history, we are living in its ruins. And as for biographies, we are living with the consequences of all the decisions ever made in them. I tend not to read them for pleasure. It‘s not unlike carefully scrutinizing the map when one has already reached the destination.
p. 100Source: Wikiquote · CC BY-SA 4.0
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