The fall of the Chinese mainland marked a tragic page in the history of the Chinese people. I remember that when Father left the military academy at Chengtu for Taiwan on December 10, 1949, he bade me stand beside him. We stood together and sang loud the national anthem in front of a portrait of our National Founding Father and our national flag.

It is the measure of things, and their time (that is, their measure, as to space and time), and yet it is above, and prior to, time: it is full in needy things, and overflows in full things; it is unutterable, innominable: it is above understanding […]

The CIA wanted SAVAK to serve as its eyes and ears against the Soviets.

I am getting a green line. Where have I gone wrong?