You know the greatest lesson of history? It's that history is whatever the victors say it is...Whoever wins, that's who — Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See
You know the greatest lesson of history? It's that history is whatever the victors say it is...Whoever wins, that's who — Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See
You know the greatest lesson of history? It's that history is whatever the victors say it is...Whoever wins, that's who — Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See
You know the greatest lesson of history? It's that history is whatever the victors say it is...Whoever wins, that's who — Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See
You know the greatest lesson of history? It's that history is whatever the victors say it is...Whoever wins, that's who — Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See
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You know the greatest lesson of history? It's that history is whatever the victors say it is...Whoever wins, that's who decides the history.

— Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See
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