"A shark has appeared and he wants to devour me. Either he devours me or I eat him. The latter is very unlikely."
— Lev Mekhlis

January 1, 1970

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Marshal Vasily Blyukher describing Mekhlis to his wife, shortly before his [Blyukher's] arrest in 1938. Quoted in Simon Sebag Montefiore, Stalin: Court of the Red Tsar.