Russian Quotes

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LUBOV. I'm quite sure there wasn't anything at all funny. Yo

LUBOV. I'm quite sure there wasn't anything at all funny. You oughtn't to go and see plays, you ought to go and look at yourself. What a grey life you lead, what a lot you talk unnecessarily.

Life True Russian

That is the way we decided to talk, free and easy, two young

That is the way we decided to talk, free and easy, two young men discussing a boxing match. That was the only way to talk. You couldn't let too much truth seep into your conversation, you couldn't admit with your mouth what your eyes had seen. If you opened the door even a centimeter, you would smell the rot outside and hear the screams. You did not open the door. You kept your mind on the tasks of the day, the hunt for food and water and something to burn, and you saved the rest for the end of the war.

History Inspirational Pessimism Russia Story Jews World War Ii Russian City Of Thieves Jewish Ww2

?I was cursed with the pessimism of both the Russians and th

?I was cursed with the pessimism of both the Russians and the Jews two of the gloomiest tribes in the world. Still if there wasn't greatness in me maybe I had the talent to recognize it in others even in the most irritating others.

History Inspirational Pessimism Russia Story Jews World War Ii Russian City Of Thieves Jewish Ww2

Because everyone is guilty for everyone else. For all the 'w

Because everyone is guilty for everyone else. For all the 'wee ones,' because there are little children and big children. All people are 'wee ones.' And I'll go for all of them, because there must be someone who will go for all of them.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Inspirational Sacrifice Common Place Russian