“How often it is that an idea that seems bright bossed and gleaming in its clarity when examined in a church, or… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
...The hagaddah came to Sarajevo for a reason. It was here to test us, to see if there were people who could… — Geraldine Brooks Catholic Copy Share Image
“Often the women are burned, so that the death can be passed off as an accident. The killer usually becomes a local… — Geraldine Brooks Death Copy Share Image
“Christian worship of Jesus is an idolatry much worse than the Israelites’ worship of the golden calf, for the Christians err in… — Geraldine Brooks Christian worship Copy Share Image
“For these women, Hamas’s view of women was laughable. And since they couldn’t hear the appeal of such views themselves, they were… — Geraldine Brooks Feminism Copy Share Image
“The snow light flared on brightness. Blue: intense as a midsummer sky, obtained from grinding precious lapis lazuli carried by camel caravan… — Geraldine Brooks Snow Copy Share Image
“The drill sergeants learned that lavishly praising recruits who got it right worked better than abusing those who got it wrong. The… — Geraldine Brooks Drill sergeant Copy Share Image
If you look at an illuminated manuscript, even today, it just blows your mind. For them, without all the clutter and inputs… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
Yes, the small village that we live in, in Virginia, is a very interesting place, in terms of its Civil War history,… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
I had this story that had been banging around in my head and I thought, 'I'll just see if there's anything there.'… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
“The practice of mutilating women’s genitals in Eritrea predated the arrival of both religions, and for hundreds of years neither faith had… — Geraldine Brooks Religion Copy Share Image
“The two most sacred documents known to man are the Bible and the Declaration of Independence. Better that a whole generation of… — Geraldine Brooks Bible Copy Share Image
“The heat of late afternoon closed in around us like an animate thing; you could feel it on your skin, warm and… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
“Does any woman ever count the grains of her harvest and say: Good enough? Or does one always think of what more… — Geraldine Brooks Ambition Copy Share Image
“It astonished me that Muslims, who put such store on emulation of their prophet, didn’t wish to emulate him in something so… — Geraldine Brooks Children Copy Share Image
“Is it ever thus, at the end of things? Does any woman ever count the grains of her harvest and say: Good… — Geraldine Brooks Ambition Copy Share Image
