Everything I am going to say to you is the child of a conversation. [...] That is the aspect of conversation that particularly excites me: how conversation changes the way you see the world, and even changes the world.
Theodore ZeldinOne of the great ambitions is to discover the diversity of the world, to discover who inhabits the world.
Theodore ZeldinTo idolise a person means you don't get to know them, and the idea that you can become one is a myth, and it also means that you don't need to talk to one another because you're the same person.
Theodore ZeldinThe violent have been victorious for most of history because they kindled the fear with which everyone is born.
Theodore Zeldin