“If you are ever in doubt, just remember that unlike adults, children want to be happy. So they still have the ability to take the greatest pleasure in the simplest things.” By”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“Life is every bit as devious as Death. It too can wear a hooded coat. It too can slip into town, lurk in an alley, or wait in the back of a tavern.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“Lies charged compound interest. You tried to fix what you had broken before you were found out, making little payments as you could afford to, just enough to keep the whole weight of it at bay. But the lie kept growing and growing. You could never pay it off, not without losing everything. The cost was total.”
― Unbecoming
― Unbecoming
“the wise man celebrates what he can.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“I assure you, my dear, were you to play the piano on the moon, I would hear every chord.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
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