“Good or ill, life is life; you only realize that when you have to risk it.”
― The Black Obelisk
― The Black Obelisk
“Sometimes I used to think that one day i should wake up, and all that had been would be over. forgotten, sunk, drowned. Nothing was sure - not even memory.”
― Three Comrades
― Three Comrades
“Ни один человек не может стать более чужим, чем тот, которого ты в прошлом любил...”
― Arch of Triumph: A Novel of a Man Without a Country
― Arch of Triumph: A Novel of a Man Without a Country
“Ah, lips that say one thing, while the heart thinks another,”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“-Why does a man live?
-In order to think about it...”
― Arch of Triumph: A Novel of a Man Without a Country
-In order to think about it...”
― Arch of Triumph: A Novel of a Man Without a Country
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