Here’s her story, a tale of the bear-keeper’s daughter and…

It's almost a sort of fairy story tale, just what a novelist would write about a discovery.

— Charles Hard Townes

I had a great life even before 'The Memory Keeper's Daughter' took off. I really enjoy teaching.

— Kim Edwards

I love 'Memory Keeper's Daughter,' but in some ways I think 'The Lake of Dreams' is a stronger book. I was able to tell…

— Kim Edwards

There was a sense that there was a lot of word of mouth happening with 'The Memory Keeper's Daughter,' even in hardcover.

— Kim Edwards

“The deeply rooted Christianity of Africa and Asia did not simply fade away through lack of zeal, or theological confusion: it was crushed, in…

— Philip Jenkins

“Worldly success was a potent force in the growth of Islam, and in the shriveling of Christianity. That fact may be troubling to Christians,…

— Philip Jenkins

Who created the byzantine empire? Who knows about the byzantine empire? Who established the byzantine empire? Who invented the byzantine empire? How many words…

— Brandon McCaw

“By the time of the arrival of Islam in the early seventeenth century CE, what we now call the Middle East was divided between…

— Jim Al-Khalili

The proliferation of bureaucrats and its invariable accompaniment, much heavier tax levies on the productive part of the population, are the recognizable signs, not…

— William Henry Chamberlin

Once I spoke about this subject among a group of English intellectuals. One of them was a professor on Roman Law at one of…

— Garry Kasparov

“In this sense, Byzantine culture embodies the French historian Fernand Braudel's notion of the longue durée , the long term: that which survives the…

— Judith Herrin

“Many Jews in the Byzantine Empire welcomed the Persians. Some saw their arrival as an opportunity to win independence or even just a little…

— Phyllis Goldstein

“Far from anti-Christian purges ceasing with the official end of war in 1918, they actually intensified during the ensuing war between Greece and Turkey.…

— Philip Jenkins

Watching Rachel Maddow is like going to Target. You went in for milk, but you left with shampoo, candles, and the entire history of…

— Michelle Wolf

When I did 'Racing Demon' by David Hare, I worked with Paul Giamatti, who had stacks of books in his dressing room. I was…

— Denis O'Hare