Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears

"I can't stand it when a man has dirty shoes."

"Getting married after two days of dating is just the top of frivolity. We need to think it over carefully. Five days or so."

"In the family, a man should be higher in position. If the wife gets more salary or higher in office, it's not a family."

"A person is given away by two circumstances: if he puts the stress on words incorrectly and if he asks stupid questions. Your stresses are okay."

"Don't teach me how to live, better help me financially."

"Yes, he is clearly not disfigured by intelligence. Why did you need to go to Moscow, you could have found someone like that in the village."

"If you love, love a queen! If you lose, lose a million!"

"Understand the matter, we live in Moscow! And Moscow is a big lottery. Here you can win everything at once."

"My machine is broken, which prints money."

"Lyudmila's workmate. To become a General's wife, you must marry a Lieutenant."

"Gosha's workmate, scientist. (about Gosha) In front of you, comrades, is a locksmith with a capital L."

"Nikolai. (to Katerina, Lyudmila and Antonina, going in search of Gosha) Let everyone into the apartment. Don't let anyone out. If there's resistance, open fire."

"Katerina. What if they ask me something? I'll blurt out."

"Lyudmila. (about Nikolai's oldtime car) When are you going to sell it for scrap?"

"Nikolai's mother. And how many people do you have in subordination?"

"Gosha. (sitting in suburb train vis-a-vis Katerina, with very dirty shoes) Yes. I can't stand dirty shoes myself."

"Katerina. If I don’t wear a wedding ring, that doesn’t mean anything."

"Alexandra. Who is he?"

"(after a fight with hooligans)"

"Lyudmila. (crying) And what did you say: "It is impossible to fall in love at our age, you see all the flaws in a person.""

"(First conversation between Gosha and Nikolai. Nikolai enters the room. Gosha silently pours Nikolai a glass of vodka. Nikolai silently drinks without haste, then takes a tiny piece of bread from the plate, sniffs it, and puts it back. Gosha gives Nikolai his hand.)"

"Nikolai. (very drunken) You said that if the wife has a higher salary, this is not a family. Well, how can she confess something!"

"Nikolai. (very drunken and disheveled, to Tonia and Lyudmila) Well! I said I would deliver him, and so I delivered!"

"Katerina. How long have I been looking for you..."