It may help to understand human affairs to be clear that most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused, not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally bad, but by people being fundamentally people. (p. 30)

I'm so freaking late to this party I can't even help with the clean-up afterwards cause the hosts have already moved away, married and have only hazy memories of the night. That being said, I had such a fun time with this book. Reading it was like sitting down for a chat with an old friend who knows how to tell stories that will make you go "oh my" and "what in the world" and have you break out in hysterical laughter every other minute.