Doesn't the theory of relativity concern literature too? In our world there is no longer any room for the privileged observer, as there is none for the observer of the universe - we are all within. — Nina Berberova Copy Share Image
This is my main shortcoming: I was so determined not to lose time that I often did the wrong thing. Not losing time has been my permanent concern since I was three years old, when it dawned on me that… — Nina Berberova Copy Share Image
Moscow, Rome, London, Paris stay in place. Leningrad and New York float, spreading all their sails, cutting space with their prows, and can disappear,… — Nina Berberova Copy Share Image
I had learnt to seek intensity rather than happiness, not joys and prosperity but more of life, a concentrated sense of life, a strengthened… — Nina Berberova Copy Share Image
my choices were partly conditioned by the two great laws - of biology and sociology - for I do not conceive of myself outside… — Nina Berberova Copy Share Image
It looks now as if everything has been profitable to me. And if the payment has sometimes been excessive, it was afer all the… — Nina Berberova Copy Share Image
Paris is not a city, it is the image, the symbol of France, its today and yesterday, the reflection of its history, its geography… — Nina Berberova Copy Share Image
For many years I used the pronoun 'we.' Now, as in my youth, I go to sleep and wake up alone. — Nina Berberova Copy Share Image
The idea came to me that I was, am, and will be, but perhaps will not become. This did not scare me. There was… — Nina Berberova Copy Share Image
I had learnt to seek intensity — more of life, a concentrated sense of life. — Nina Berberova Copy Share Image
“So we stood on the corner by the stationery shop and were deeply insincere with each other. --The Tattered Cloak” — Nina Berberova Copy Share Image
[On New York:] ... a city rose before me. It was narrow and tall like a gothic temple, surrounded by water, and ... it… — Nina Berberova Copy Share Image
I wanted to write; I sought all possible paths of personal liberation, but I could never sacrifice a living instant of life for the… — Nina Berberova Copy Share Image
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