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Book cover for The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine
Many times, over the last few years, I have been asked the same question: “Why has Ukraine gained such prominence in world politics?” I first encountered it in the context of the Maidan protests of 2013 and 2014, followed immediately by ...more
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Herman Melville
“In one word, Queequeg, said I, rather digressively; hell is an idea first born on an undigested apple-dumpling; and since then perpetuated through the hereditary dyspepsias nurtured by Ramadans.”
Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

James Baldwin
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.”
James Baldwin

Hilary Mantel
“It is better not to try people, not to force them to desperation. Make them prosper; out of superfluidity, they will be generous. Full bellies breed gentle manners. The pinch of famine makes monsters.”
Hilary Mantel, Bring Up the Bodies

Rudyard Kipling
“There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.”
Rudyard Kipling, Kim

Hermann Hesse
“The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the submissive man by subservience, the pleasure seeker by pleasure.”
Hermann Hesse, Steppenwolf

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