“Literature is the best thing humanity has. Poetry is the heart of literature, the highest concentration of everything that is the best in the world and in man. It is the only true food for your soul.” — Lyudmila Ulitskaya Copy Share Image
“After the funeral, they went to a private club in Chelsea, where they drank and jammed the night away together—greats and nobodies alike. The slightly acrimonious, sardonic Mickey, a fan of folk and world music, would have been pleased. [...] Yurik played, too, his own composition, which he had been working on for the entire year. In memory of Mickey.… — Lyudmila Ulitskaya Copy Share
“When I was young I believed people should be told everything and that, as a pastor, I had a duty to share all my knowledge. Over the years I came to see that was a mistake. A person may know only what they are capable of assimilating. I have been thinking about this for half my life, and especially since… — Lyudmila Ulitskaya Copy Share
“Literature is the best thing humanity has. Poetry is the heart of literature, the highest concentration of everything that is the best in the… — Lyudmila Ulitskaya Copy Share Image
