"In some ways, the late nineteenth century was a time of spectacular excess, of brass-knuckled business and shady poli…"

"Wealth generated by Wall Street and industrial labor fueled a housing boom of opulent Fifth Avenue mansions, gable-ro…"

"Paralleling the expansion of the American working class was the dramatic growth, both in numbers and wealth, of the m…"

"A weak man declares a woman a temptress and orders her to cover herself. A strong man covers himself and says nothing."

"How is one statute against murder or rape or theft different from any other?” I said, though my mind had careened int…"

"understanding. Do we wish our children to do as they are told forever, simply because we told them what they should d…"

"our love is proved when we love those who are not beautiful, who wound with word or deed. When we love not out of pit…"

"What is love, but to hold dear without expectation? What is love, but first given devotion? What is love . . . But fr…"

"The history keepers will no doubt tell their own tale, and the priests another. It is the men's accounts that seem to…"

"I will go and see whether he is wise or not, and I will come to test him with riddles."