"We've a kind of Andalusia in this country," he teased, hoping to lighten her mood.

"Yes," she said seriously. "That's very true, but less true I think across the border. Inquisitions, pogroms, genocides⁠—those are end-points. Demonizing, fear, the passing of laws of exclusion, the burning of libraries⁠—these are beginnings. Historians are vigilant as to beginnings. Too often we fail."/>

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" The culture of power versus the power of culture. One side consistently loses."

"We've a kind of Andalusia in this country," he teased, hoping to lighten her mood.

"Yes," she said seriously. "That's very true, but less true I think across the border. Inquisitions, pogroms, genocides⁠—those are end-points. Demonizing, fear, the passing of laws of exclusion, the burning of libraries⁠—these are beginnings. Historians are vigilant as to beginnings. Too often we fail. "

Ausma Zehanat Khan , The Unquiet Dead (Rachel Getty & Esa Khattak #1)


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Ausma Zehanat Khan quote : The culture of power versus the power of culture. One side consistently loses.
"We've a kind of Andalusia in this country," he teased, hoping to lighten her mood.

"Yes," she said seriously. "That's very true, but less true I think across the border. Inquisitions, pogroms, genocides⁠—those are end-points. Demonizing, fear, the passing of laws of exclusion, the burning of libraries⁠—these are beginnings. Historians are vigilant as to beginnings. Too often we fail." style="width:100%;margin:20px 0;"/>