The equivocations, the confusions, the contradictions....

The equivocations, the confusions, the contradictions. There's no way we can live through or comprehend something so big that happened so long ago. We've lost true history. But if we are willing to tolerate the contradictions, and if we suffer through events rather than ticking them off, we may at least get closer to understanding what happened than if we grip the handrail of a carefully polished and reassuringly heroic narrative.

Nicholson Baker Quote About Long Ago, Confusion, Understanding: The Equivocations The Confusions The...

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