James

“There is no need to outrun the lion. All that is necessary for a man to do in order to survive is to outrun his friends.”
― Michael Dobbs, The House of Cards Complete Trilogy: House of Cards, To Play the King, The Final Cut

“Since histories were first written, the aim of the writer has invariably been to ‘correct’ our view of the past, and to align it more closely with the writer’s view of the present, and the way it was reached.”
― John Darwin, Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain

“the British ruled India (population 250 millions) with an administrative cadre of under 1,000.”
― John Darwin, Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain

“There were so many comments on my accent that I adopted a Texan swagger just to be contrary.”
― Brittany Cavallaro, The Case for Jamie