Alexis

“Be courageous, we say, but no one is courageous, as a sound we do not hear lifts the birds off the water.”
― Ilya Kaminsky, Deaf Republic

“The body of the boy lies on the asphalt like a paperclip. The body of the boy lies on the asphalt like the body of a boy.”
― Ilya Kaminsky, Deaf Republic

“There are many husbands like Zahar in the world. A diplomatist will sometimes carelessly listen to his wife's advice, shrug his shoulders, and secretly write what she told him. A Government official will whistle and make a contemptuous grimace at his wife's chatter about some important affair - and the next day he will solemnly repeat this chatter to the Minister. These gentlemen treat their wives morosely or lightly, despising them, like Zahar, as mere women, or regarding them as a pleasant relaxation from the serious life of business.”
― Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov

“At the trial of God, we will ask: why did you allow all this? And the answer will be an echo: why did you allow all this?”
― Ilya Kaminsky, Deaf Republic