“Being an author of a book is like being a mother of a debutante in the Middle Ages. You have to present your baby to society and provide her with dowry, and in your heart, you hope that some royalty… — Elvira Baryakina Copy Share Image
“In Shanghai, there were several pro-right circles of former officers. They realized that the Great War and European revolutions were a direct consequence of rotten liberalism. Words like order, family, discipline and duty didn't mean anything anymore. Civil liberties, so dear to Nina Kupina and people like her, resulted in monstrous egotism and total moral degradation: I do what I… — Elvira Baryakina Copy Share
“...don't kid yourself. Keep the baby - I have no other advice for you. Children are the best thing in the world.” — Elvira Baryakina Copy Share Image
“Being an author of a book is like being a mother of a debutante in the Middle Ages. You have to present your baby… — Elvira Baryakina Copy Share Image
