"A Literary History of Persia by Edward Granville Browne, 1908"

"If history can do anything it is to remind us of those complications that undermine our certainties, and to…"

"Read Pasternak's interview with The Paris Review Summer-Fall 1960 No. 24"

"But History was against me. History is right, objectively speaking. I'm just a historical dead end. I hope …"

"Charles Ingram's views are so pugnacious that when I heard them, I went back to ancient Arabia, sauntered i…"

"Do not look for revelations in the ancient ruins. You will find here only what you bring: bits of memory, w…"

"In my account of his theory, I did not, at the time, fully appreciate the deep conviction which it displays…"