Olga

“Было очень приятно видеть Бабичева по двум причинам: первая — он был известный человек, и вторая — он был толст. Толщина делала знаменитого человека своим. Бабичеву”
― Юрий Олеша, Зависть

“Dedication   This book is dedicated to Sir Terry Pratchett OBE who has stood like a wossname upon the rocky shores of our imaginations – the better to guide us safely into harbour.”
― Ben Aaronovitch, Foxglove Summer

“(Things don’t like me. Furniture purposely sticks out its leg for me. A polished corner once literally bit me. My blanket and I have always had a complicated relationship. Soup served to me never cools. Any little thing—a coin or a cuff link—that falls off the table usually rolls away under furniture that’s hard to move. I crawl across the floor and lifting my head I see the sideboard laughing.)”
― Yury Olesha, Envy

“Understanding is strictly forbidden. Even dreams have the right to dream.”
― Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, Memories of the Future