Man cannot live by incompetence alone.
To the biographer all lives bar none are dramatic constructions.
Catherine the Great, like others of her kind, did not succeed in imparting greatness to her descendants.
The lovers of romance can go elsewhere for satisfaction but where can the lovers of truth turn if not to history?
For mothers who must earn, there is indeed no leisure time problem. The long hours of earning are increased by the hours of domestic labor, until no slightest margin for relaxation or change of thought remains.
People seem to think that life began with the achievement of personal independence.
Principles are a dangerous form of social dynamite.
There are those who simply want to live their lives, and feel they cannot live the way they want to in Iran. Others are ideologically motivated: They will stay no matter what and try to change things.
All these people helped make this book possible. But let me make one thing clear: If there are any errors or omissions in this book, these people are not responsible. In the end, there is only one person responsible for what I write, and that person, of course, is: Donald Trump.
To revenge reasonable incredulity by refusing evidence, is a degree of insolence with which the world is not yet acquainted; and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt.
Oh, you made an impression. Like a stone caught in my boot.