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A Russian drunk is a fascinating creature. Even when he has money, he still prefers poison at a rouble forty. And he won't take the change. — Sergei Dovlatov

Don't think love has sizes. It either is or isn't — Sergei Dovlatov

A life isn't significant except for its impact on other lives. — Jackie Robinson

I'm not going to stay sround to send reapers to kill people who are too scared, or frightened, or JUST PLAIN STUPID to find joy in life. — Kim Harrison

I fell in love with you. I didn't do it on purpose — L.J.Smith

There's a reason every book, even one that isn't very serious, is shaped like a suitcase — Sergei Dovlatov

Our life is but a grain of sand in the indifferent ocean of infinity. — Sergei Dovlatov

Looking around, do you see ruins? That was to be expected. He who lives in the world of words does not get along with things. — Sergei Dovlatov

Stop thinking. I've stopped some 15 years ago. Otherwise, if you will be thinking you won't want to live. Everyone who thinks is unhappy. — Sergei Dovlatov

The day was cold but sunny. The city was decorated with holiday flags. — Sergei Dovlatov

I'm out for presidents to represent me (Say what?)
I'm out for dead presidents to represent me. — Nas

Sales were lukewarm. Back home there was no freedom, but there were readers. Here there was freedom enough, but readers were missing. — Sergei Dovlatov

There is no single right answer or path forward, but there is one right way to frame the problem. — Clayton Christensen

HEB13.6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. — Anonymous

If people are rude in Moscow, at least it's in Russian. — Sergei Dovlatov

We are not better than native born Americans, and of course not smarter. We've just been to the last stop of this bus. — Sergei Dovlatov

I looked at the empty suitcase. On the bottom was Karl Marx. On the lid was Brodsky. And between them, my lost, precious, only life. — Sergei Dovlatov

You've got to just go do what you do - you can't really worry about who was attached to the movie before. — Scott Speedman

She knew that even pain can be confessed, but to confess happiness is to stand naked, delivered to the witness ... — Ayn Rand

Dictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently. — Ai Weiwei

We didn't raise our daughter, we merely loved her. — Sergei Dovlatov

I try to treat people the way I would like to be treated, but I can't worry about what everyone's going to think. — Victoria Principal

No point in arguing. But of course I argued. — Sergei Dovlatov