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“He had imagined Constantinople, had wanted it for Mehmed. It had been simple and straightforward. But now he knew the true cost of things,…

— Kiersten White

“Perhaps, looking out over it, Mehmed saw what the beginning of his legacy would eventually lead to. Whatever Mehmed did, whatever he built, the…

— Kiersten White

“I thought this would feel different,” Mehmed said, melancholy shaping his words like a song. He leaned against Radu, finally giving him the contact…

— Kiersten White

“O genius," I said, "you see that this Sultan was not content with merely forgiving the envious man for the attempt on his life;…

— Richard Francis Burton

“with an ordinary face, he would have been one of the most distinguished of mankind! He had a heart that could have held the…

— Gaston Leroux

“He’d just crossed a great river. His entire country had no permanent rivers, just wadis that flooded briefly with a rare passing shower and…

— Tom Clancy

“He had a hear that could have held the empire of the world; and, in the end, he had to content himself with a…

— Gaston Laroux

“Ravaillac assassinated one of the best and wisest of sovereigns, at a time when a good and wise sovereign, a blessing at all times…

— Jeremy Bentham

“There was some simple, radical difference about him. He hoped it was genius, feared it was madness, devoted himself to amiability and inconspicuousness.”

— John Barth

Mehmet was the first sultan, and one of the first Muslims anywhere, to defy religious tradition by allowing his portrait to be made.

— Stephen Kinzer

“He knew from experience that true and obvious ideas, such as the ineffable wisdom and judgment of the Great God Om, seemed so obscure…

— Terry Pratchett

“It was really a very simple thing, after all,—it was only that he had lived near a kind and gentle heart, and had been…

— Frances Hodgson Burnett