“How can I wear a leather suit that does not carry the stains of wine and blood?" asks CT, and Gustav does not answer; of course it was rhetorical”
― Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls
― Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls
“In the period of dictatorship, surrounded on all sides by enemies, we sometimes manifested unnecessary leniency and unnecessary softheartedness."
Krylenko,
speech at the Promparty trial”
― The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Books V-VII
Krylenko,
speech at the Promparty trial”
― The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Books V-VII
“كانت جميلة, ربما ليست الأجمل بين الحضور الأنثوي, ولكنها جميلة بصورة غير محددة, بصورة خاصة, لا يمكن شرحها بالكلمات, مثل بيت شعر يفلت معناه من المترجم, إذا كان ثمة وجود لهذا الشيء في بيت شعر.”
― Death with Interruptions
― Death with Interruptions
“by”
― The Elephant Tree
― The Elephant Tree
“Things can get pretty rough out there," he says. "Can't they? For you girls? You're all a bunch of warriors, aren't you? Lionhearted.”
― The End of Everything
― The End of Everything
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