Romanov Quotes

“The pair of us are like salt and sugar: such different flavors, but so close in every other way you could never sort us apart once we're together.”
― Sarah Miller, The Lost Crown

“I turned to leave and was exiting the gates when I heard the sound of feet running quickly along the gravel behind me. I turned and saw Alexei, who showed no sign of slowing down, so I opened my arms and he ran into them, embracing me tightly, his arms wrapped around my neck as I lifted him off the ground.

"I wanted you to know," he said, his voice choked up as if he was trying to stop himself from crying, "I wanted you to know that you can be my brother if you like. As long as you let me be yours.”
― John Boyne, The House of Special Purpose

“I’d not mourn the lost good memories— I would apply them to my heart as a poultice every time it ached. That was what positive moments were for— to help heal the wounds of the future. As long as we chose to remember them.”
― Nadine Brandes, Romanov

“They say that nothing good or happy goes on for very long, or rather does not last, but in my opinion the same is true for the bad, it should also all end sometime, right?” - Olga Romanov (trans Helen Azar)”
― Helen Azar

“She leads me to a parlor room, where tailors are pinning up a white, lacy gown, with long sleeves and a layered skirt, made in the style of the year 1917. The same year the Romanov Empire fell. At their request, I slip it on and step on a stool in the middle of the room. My throat clenches when I gaze into the golden mirror. I’m a living impression of Empress Alexandra, wife of Nicholas II. I look like I’ve stepped out of the black-and-white pictures and transported myself to another time.”
― Megan Linski, Court of Vampires

“La moda fue hecha para quien carece de gusto, la etiqueta para quien carece de educación y las iglesias para quienes carecen de fe”
― Espido Freire, Llamadme Alejandra

“I knew that it was time to cease being a Romanov so as to become an Abramovich.”
― Pietros Maneos

“- Entonces la respuesta es No - dijo el ruso, acomodándose triunfante, en el sillón. ¡Si hubiera estado realmente enamorada, lo sabría! No importa si el amor ya no está. Si se perdió. Incluso si ese amor la dañó de un modo irreparable. El amor, Daniela, el Amor con mayúscula, deja una marca en nosotros imposible de borrar. Impacta en el alma de forma tal que ya nada es igual. Hay un antes y un después de ese amor. Y nada vuelve a ser lo mismo. Es nacer de nuevo. Y es morir de nuevo.”
― Marcelo Favio Borka, Almas de Otoño: Una novela epica sobre los ultimos dias de la Rusia Imperial (El Portador)

“Every time he used my name, a different part of me melted.”
― Nadine Brandes, Romanov