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Venedikt Erofeev
“I've always been in two minds about women, really. On the one hand, I always liked the fact they had waists, and we hadn't. That aroused in me a feeling of - how shall I put it? - well, pleasure. Yes, pleasurable feelings. Still, on the other hand, they did stab Marat with a penknife, and Marat was Incorruptible, so they shouldn't have stabbed him. That fairly killed off the pleasure. Then again, like Karl Marx, I've always loved women for their little weaknesses - i.e. they've got to sit down to pee, and I've always liked that - that's always filled me with - well, what the hell - a sort of warm feeling. Yes, pleasurable warmth. But then again they did shoot at Lenin, with a revolver no less! And that put a damper on the pleasure as well. I mean, fair enough, sitting down to pee, but shooting at Lenin? That's a sick joke, talking about pleasure after that.

However, I digress.”
Venedikt Erofeev, Moscow to the End of the Line

Venedikt Erofeev
“So what? Let him talk, this Mitrich with the runny eyes. We must honor, I repeat, the dark reaches of another's soul. We must look intro them even if there's nothing there, even if there's only trash there. It's all one; look and honor it, look and don't spit on it.”
Venedikt Erofeev, Moscow to the End of the Line

Георги Рупчев
“един след друг напускам себе си,
един след друг се връщам при мене”
Георги Рупчев, Превъртане на световете

Venedikt Erofeev
“I like the fact that my compatriots have such vacant and protruding eyes. They fill me with virtuous pride. You can imagine what eyes are like (in the capitalist world). ...such eyes look at you with distrust, reflecting constant worry and torment. That's what they're like in the land of ready cash.
How different from the eyes of my people! Their steady stare is completely devoid of all tension. They harbor no thought - but what power! What spiritual power! Such eyes would not sell you. They couldn't sell anything or buy anything. You could spit in the eyes, and they’d call it God's (divine) dew...”
Venedikt Erofeev, Moscow to the End of the Line

Venedikt Erofeev
“Man should not be lonely – that’s my opinion. Man should give of himself to
people, even if they don’t want to take. But if he is lonely anyway, he should go
through the cars. He should find people and tell them: ‘Look. I’m lonely, I’ll give of
myself to the last drop (because I just drank up the last drop, ha-ha!) and you give
of yourselves to me and, having given, tell me where are we going. From Moscow
to Petushki or from Petushki to Moscow?”
Venedikt Erofeev, Moscow to the End of the Line

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