Books Quote by Robert K. Massie

“I’m consciously shedding the assumption that a skeptical point of view is the most intellectually credible. Intellect does not function in opposition to mystery;…

— Krista Tippett

“Cynicism is what happens when skepticism is given too much latitude.”

— Chris Brady

“My cynicism continuously undermines her faith in her own ability to master her moods.”

— Jerzy Kosiński

“I can hardly regard her in the light of a rational creature, so obstinately has she persisted in forming a fabulous notion of my…

— Emily Brontë

“Her work sought to challenge all of us critically to reflect on the things we find comfort in believing without question.”

— Thabo Mbeki

“In every book she’d ever read, the heroine was subject to self-doubt and unjust criticism. And in every case, it only served to harden…

— Kathleen Tessaro

“see the world as a skeptic, not a cynic, while allowing for the wan possibility of human decency.”

— Pete Hamill

“[From Flowering Judas ] She is, her comrades tell her, full of romantic error, for what she defines as cynicism in them is merely…

— Katherine Anne Porter

“No matter what you write, no matter how meticulous and painstaking the creation process, someone is going to laugh, scorn, and dissect your work…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“Either the woman was incredibly malleable and naive—or she may have been open to enticement, no matter what she told the authorities. Hers is…

— Gaiutra Bahadur

“I suspected those people were seeking to make sense of the world by turning her into a cautionary tale, the lesson being, look both…

— Stacey Kade

“Contradictions that we are, even to ourselves, it was only those who knew her intimately, and they were few and far between, who realised…

— John Gregory Betancourt