“And toward the evening of the same day, all the world's teletypes received a communication: "Death was a result of natural causes." It wasn't said whose death, but the world surmised.” — Venedikt Erofeev Copy Share Image
“One must get used to speaking of one’s virtues bravely, to people’s faces. Who is to know, if not we ourselves, to what degree… — Venedikt Erofeev Copy Share Image
“Oh, that most helpless and shameful of times in the life of my people, the time from dawn until the liquor stores open up!” — Venedikt Erofeev Copy Share Image
“Toti sunteti tristi!... Dar peste saizeci de zile va fi primavara... Atmosfera, temperatura, dispozitia - toate vor urca in sus... Semintele vor rasari... Vor… — Venedikt Erofeev Copy Share Image
“Co się tyczy [paryskich] bulwarów, to w ogóle nie można po nich chodzić. Wszyscy zasuwają z burdelu do kliniki, a z kliniki z powrotem… — Venedikt Erofeev Copy Share Image
“Everything should take place slowly and incorrectly so that man doesn't get a chance to start feeling proud, so that man is sad and… — Venedikt Erofeev Copy Share Image
“And toward the evening of the same day, all the world's teletypes received a communication: "Death was a result of natural causes." It wasn't… — Venedikt Erofeev Copy Share Image