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“The minds of Americans, he says, are universally preoccupied with meeting the body’s every need and attending to life’s little comforts.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“We turn the gun on ourselves not because we are more indifferent and less cultured than the British, or the French, or the Italians. On the contrary. We are prepared to destroy that which we have created because we believe more than any of them in the power of the picture, the poem, the prayer, or the person.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“The ultimate, hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently.”
― The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy
― The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy
“To what end, he wondered, had the Divine created the stars in heaven to fill a man with feelings of inspiration one day and insignificance the next?”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“Yes, the burning of Moscow was especially Russian, my friend. Of that there can be no doubt. Because it was not a discrete event; it was the form of an event. One example plucked from a history of thousands. For as a people, we Russians have proven unusually adept at destroying that which we have created.” Perhaps”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
Anna’s 2025 Year in Books
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