Teffi

“And then—the languid hands dropped the uncut book. War, revolution, an absurd marriage, being chosen as the “dictator of his home town,”…

— Teffi

“But do you realize that there is a dreadful force that only saints and crazed fanatics can defeat? This force closes all…

— Teffi

“It's sad to wander about the graveyard of my tired memory, where all hurts have been forgiven, where every sin has been…

— Teffi

“It was enough to make you think fondly of those early days, of that “springtime” of the revolution when your teeth would…

— Teffi

“I was afraid of maddened faces, of lanterns being shone in my eyes, of blind mindless rage. I was afraid of cold,…

— Teffi

“I hurried off, clacking my heels on the pavement, so I could hear that I had returned to my ordinary everyday life.”

— Teffi

“Apart from sweets, Valya was interested in very little. Though once, while drawing moustaches on some elderly aunts in a photograph album,…

— Teffi