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Sergei Dovlatov
“И вот Марусей овладело чувство тревоги. Все ее подруги были замужем. Их положение отличалось стабильностью. У них был семейный очаг. Разумеется, не все ее подруги жили хорошо. Некоторые изменяли своим мужьям. Некоторые грубо ими помыкали. Многие сами терпели измены. Но при этом - они были замужем. Само наличие мужа делало их полноценными в глазах окружающих. Муж был совершенно необходим. Его следовало иметь хотя бы в качестве предмета ненависти.”
Sergei Dovlatov, Собрание сочинений в 3-х томах. Том 3

Jhumpa Lahiri
“Isolation offered its own form of companionship”
Jhumpa Lahiri, The Lowland

Jhumpa Lahiri
“You are still young, free.. Do yourself a favor. Before it's too late, without thinking too much about it first, pack a pillow and a blanket and see as much of the world as you can. You will not regret it. One day it will be too late.”
Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake

Anton Chekhov
“Why are we worn out? Why do we, who start out so passionate, brave, noble, believing, become totally bankrupt by the age of thirty or thirty-five? Why is it that one is extinguished by consumption, another puts a bullet in his head, a third seeks oblivion in vodka, cards, a fourth, in order to stifle fear and anguish, cynically tramples underfoot the portrait of his pure, beautiful youth? Why is it that, once fallen, we do not try to rise, and, having lost one thing, we do not seek another? Why?”
Anton Chekhov, The Complete Short Novels

Sergei Dovlatov
“Сильные чувства — безнациональны. Уже одно это говорит в пользу интернационализма. Радость, горе, страх, болезнь — лишены национальной окраски. Не абсурдно ли звучит:

“Он разрыдался, как типичный немец”.”
Сергей Довлатов, Собрание сочинений в 3-х томах. Том 3

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