"Since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, historians have become both more accurate and more honest—fractionally more brave, one might say—about that 'other' cleansing of the regions and peoples that..."
- Christopher Hitchens
"According to the science writer Philip Ball, when it was pointed out to musicologist Deryck Cookethat Slavic and much Spanish music use minor keys for happy music, he claimed that their liveswere so h..."
- David Byrne
"She decided that day to study Russian, the language of violence, terror, and absurdity. She knew she would never be bored."
- Natalie Standiford