Serenity is the balance between good and bad, life and death, horrors and pleasures. Life is, as it were, defined by death. If there wasn't death of things, then there wouldn't be any life to celebrate. Norman Davies More Quotes by Norman Davies More Quotes From Norman Davies Poland in the 1990s saw a surge of unrestrained, American-style capitalism. With millions of Poles living in the U.S.A., the defeat of communism led many to aim for a lifestyle derivative of Chicago or Detroit. Norman Davies capitalism aim lifestyle communism There is a real danger of the United Kingdom breaking up. There is a loss of common identity. Norman Davies kingdom real identity loss The Euro Sceptics are the English National Party in disguise, and they have poor old David Cameron over a barrel. Norman Davies english old poor party Every austerity measure that Cameron and George Osborne make is being presented in Scotland as the English starving us. Norman Davies measure english us being It's unimaginable to meet a Pole or a German who does not know about the history of their country. But lots of English people don't know the difference between Britain and England. Norman Davies know country history people I do belong to the club which doesn't see a distinction between academic history and popular history. Norman Davies belong club see history I don't see why a book shouldn't be intellectually sound, entertaining, and fun to read. Historians who write academic history, which is unreadable, are basically wasting their time. Norman Davies time fun book history History is very much bound up in family experience. Norman Davies up experience family history History must give the Poles the principal credit for bringing the Soviet bloc to its knees. Norman Davies give principal credit history