Great histories are written with ink and blood.
偉大的歷史是用墨水和鮮血寫成的。
The historian is both detective and storyteller.
歷史學(xué)家既是偵探,也是講故事的人。
Without stories, we are just bones and dust.
沒有故事,我們只是骸骨與塵埃。
Memory is a battlefield where truth and myth collide.
記憶是真相與神話交鋒的戰(zhàn)場。
The past is a mirror, but we often see only what we want to see.
過去是一面鏡子,但我們往往只看到自己想看的東西。
Every nation is a story it tells about itself.
每個國家都是它講述給自己的故事。
The historian's task is to resurrect the voices silenced by time.
歷史學(xué)家的任務(wù)是復(fù)活那些被時間湮沒的聲音。
To write history is to wrestle with ghosts.
書寫歷史就是與幽靈搏斗。
The past is never dead. It's not even past.
過去從未消亡,它甚至從未過去。
History is the art of making the dead speak.
歷史是讓死者開口說話的藝術(shù)。