“The past was safe in its cage. Why not have a look?”
― Laughter in the Dark
― Laughter in the Dark
“There must be an ability to pass long hours in study and research with pleasure even though some of the effort will inevitably lead to dead ends. Such is the price of admission.”
― Letters to a Young Scientist
― Letters to a Young Scientist
“The last decades of Ottoman history cannot be understood properly without taking into account the revolution from below caused by the revivalist movements.”
― The Politicization of Islam: Reconstructing Identity, State, Faith, and Community in the Late Ottoman State
― The Politicization of Islam: Reconstructing Identity, State, Faith, and Community in the Late Ottoman State
“I want you to feel what I felt. I want you to know why story-truth is truer sometimes than happening-truth.”
― The Things They Carried
― The Things They Carried
“Humans think in stories rather than in facts, numbers, or equations, and the simpler the story, the better.”
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
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