
I had learnt to seek intensity - more of life, a concentrated sense of life. —
Nina Berberova

Pearls ... have a way of dying when separated from their owner. —
Nina Berberova

The past is good (as we all know), twenty, thirty years back everything was good, anyone can tell you that. —
Nina Berberova

For many years I used the pronoun 'we.' Now, as in my youth, I go to sleep and wake up alone. —
Nina Berberova

So we stood on the corner by the stationery shop and were deeply insincere with each other.
--The Tattered Cloak —
Nina Berberova