"To me, history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our civic responsibility. To me, it's an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is." - David McCullough (died: 7 August 2022)
"Writing is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That's why it's so hard." - David McCullough (born: 7 July 1933)
"Curiosity is what separates us from the cabbages. It's accelerative. The more we know, the more we want to know." - David McCullough (born: 7 July 1933)