Laura Secor > Quotes

“In the West, he noted, criticism of religion had led to freedom of thought and the growth of science. But in Islamic societies, religion was the last line of defense against imperial domination and cultural decay.”
― Laura Secor, Children of Paradise: The Struggle for the Soul of Iran

“brethren,”
― Laura Secor, Children of Paradise: The Struggle for the Soul of Iran

“To remember was an act not of excavation but of self-creation in the present tense.”
― Laura Secor, Children of Paradise: The Struggle for the Soul of Iran