"[F]or a man whose mother tongue is Russian to speak about political evil is as natural as digestion [...]"

"For darkness restores what light cannot repair. There we are married, blest, we make once more the two-backed beast a…"

"He’d be a ruin by now, both physically and mentally. Physically because of the bottle. . . . Mentally because of that…"

"It is better to be a total failure in democracy than a martyr or the crème de la crème in tyranny."

"You know, when you go outside on the streets after having spent the day writing, you feel like a foreign body, even i…"

"The surest defense against Evil is extreme individualism, originality of thinking, whimsicality, even — if you will —…"

"The formula for prison is a lack of space counterbalanced by a surplus of time. This is what really bothers you, that…"

"It is the army that finally makes a citizen of you; without it you still have a chance, however slim, to remain a hum…"

"I wish you were here, dear, I wish you were here. I wish you sat on the sofa and I sat near."

"I admire Joseph for his industry, his valor, and his intelligence. He's a terrific example of someone who is a comple…"