Sam

“The closer to the truth, the better the lie, and the truth itself, when it can be used, is the best lie.’ ”
― Isaac Asimov, Foundation's Edge

“I can't listen to music too often. It affects your nerves, makes you want to say stupid nice things and stroke the heads of people who could create such beauty while living in this vile hell.”
― Vladimir Lenin

“Only in Russia poetry is respected – it gets people killed. Is there anywhere else where poetry is so common a motive for murder?”
― Osip Mandelstam

“He loved books; books are cold but safe friends.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables