If Your Words're True, They're Armed.

But No, We Cross, Crisscross, And Recross Our Old Tracks Like Figure Skaters.

I Added 'writers' To My List Of People Not To Trust. They Make Everything Up.

Any Adaptation Is A Translation, And There Is Such A Thing As An Unreadably Faithful Translation; And I Believe A Degree Of Reinterpretatio N For The New Language May Be Not Only Inevitable But Desirable.

Oh, Diplomacy ... It Mops Up War's Spillages; Legitimizes Its Outcomes; Gives The Strong State The Means To Impose Its Will On A Weaker One, While Saving Its Fleets And Battalions For Weightier Opponents.

History Admits No Rules; Only Outcomes.