“It was enough to make you think fondly of those early days, of that “springtime” of the revolution when your teeth would be chattering from fear, when you froze every time you heard a passing truck—would it stop at the… — Teffi Copy Share Image
“And then—the languid hands dropped the uncut book. War, revolution, an absurd marriage, being chosen as the “dictator of his home town,” putting his… — Teffi Copy Share Image
“But do you realize that there is a dreadful force that only saints and crazed fanatics can defeat? This force closes all these doors;… — Teffi Copy Share Image
“It's sad to wander about the graveyard of my tired memory, where all hurts have been forgiven, where every sin has been more than… — Teffi Copy Share Image
“It was enough to make you think fondly of those early days, of that “springtime” of the revolution when your teeth would be chattering… — Teffi Copy Share Image
“I was afraid of maddened faces, of lanterns being shone in my eyes, of blind mindless rage. I was afraid of cold, of hunger,… — Teffi Copy Share Image
“I hurried off, clacking my heels on the pavement, so I could hear that I had returned to my ordinary everyday life.” — Teffi Copy Share Image
“Apart from sweets, Valya was interested in very little. Though once, while drawing moustaches on some elderly aunts in a photograph album, she asked… — Teffi Copy Share Image
