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"I will try to persevere because the subject matter is simultaneously fascinating and horrifying, but the way the narrator gives every Russian person in the book a caricature Russian accent—even if the quote was originally said in Russian so without any accent whatsoever—makes it almost unlistenable." 8 hours, 54 min ago

 
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Madeleine Thien
“The things you experience are written on your cells as memories and patterns, which are reprinted again on the next generation. And even if you never lift a shovel or plant a cabbage, every day of your life something is written upon you. And when you die, the entirety of that written record returns to the earth. All we have on this earth, all we are, is a record. Maybe the only things that persist are not the evildoers and demons (though, admittedly, they do have a certain longevity) but copies of things. The original has long since passed away from this universe, but on and on we copy.”
Madeleine Thien, Do Not Say We Have Nothing

“В том-то и беда: все, чего мы так желаем, сбывается, как правило, слишком поздно.”
Исаак Башевис Зингер, The Family Moskat

Philippe Besson
“I don't know then that one day I won't be seventeen. I don't know that youth doesn't last, that it's only a moment, and then it disappears and by the time you finally realize it, it's too late. It's finished, vanished, lost. There are some around me who can sense it; the adults repeat it constantly but I don't listen. Their words roll over me but don't stick. Like water off the feathers of a duck's back. I'm an idiot. An easygoing idiot.”
Philippe Besson, Lie With Me

Christopher Bollen
“Military dictatorships love their tanks, don’t they? They appreciate the spectacle of rolling them through the center of cities. It’s great optics for control. Countries like ours, Western democracies, on the other hand, we don’t have a taste for tanks. It gives citizens the jitters, makes them feel like they’re being invaded, conjures up China or the Soviet Union. We prefer the spectacle of air and sea. Hell, we salute jets when they’re flying overhead. Those are optics of freedom, not oppression.” Kurt rolled a pen between his fingers. His voice grew thoughtful. “It’s ironic. You should be far more afraid of missiles than tanks, but there’s a lot of showmanship in this business. I think countries find the defense that fits their character.”
Christopher Bollen, The Lost Americans

Christopher Bollen
“There was no place lonelier than a former home.”
Christopher Bollen, The Lost Americans

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