As a historian, I love every little detail, but whole long passages about wood paneling and journeys on horseback and every stop at every inn had to go out the window. I decided the history in the books should be like spice in a soup - a little went a long way. Like cilantro.
“The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his autonomous being is modelled on material power.”
“Music has always been my protection against the world, from a very young age. I feel safe inside of a jam.”