"Every today is at the same time both a cradle and a shroud: a shroud for yesterday, a cradle for tomorrow. Today, yes…"

"Yesterday, there was a tsar, and there were slaves; today there is no tsar, but the slaves remain; tomorrow there wil…"

"I turned. She was in a light, saffron-yellow dress of the ancient model. This was a thousand times more cruel than if…"

"It has never occurred to me before, but this is truly how it is: all of us on earth walk constantly over a seething, …"

"At night numbers must sleep; it is their duty, just as it is their duty to work in the daytime. Not sleeping at night…"

"Those two, in paradise, were given a choice: happiness without freedom, or freedom without happiness. There was no th…"

"The ancient God created the old man, capable of erring — thus he erred himself."

"She moved nearer, leaned her shoulder against me- and we were one, and something flowed from her into me, and I knew:…"

"Fog.. So very.." "Do you like fog" She used the ancient, long-forgotten "thou" — the "thou" of the master to the slav…"

"True literature can exist only when it is created, not by diligent and reliable officials, but by madmen, hermits, he…"