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“Paduk and all the rest wrote on steadily, but Krug's failure was complete, a baffling and hideous disaster, for he had been busy becoming… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“Oh Time, you arise with parting! [О Время, ты от разлуки!] - Vladislav Khalyavkin, The Operator” — Vladislav Khalyavkin Copy Share Image
“Within a year Ivan Dmitritch was completely forgotten in the town, and his books, heaped up by his landlady in a sledge in the… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
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“Andrei Khrisanfitch returned to his room to smoke a little till there was another ring at the door, and Yefimya ceased speaking, subsided, and… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Speransky, either because he appreciated Prince Andrey's abilities or because he thought it as well to secure his adherence, showed off his calm, impartial… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“When a strong wind blows you see weird dreams, and then you go out and watch a slowly developing cyclone. [Когда дует сильный ветер,… — Vladislav Khalyavkin Copy Share Image
“Olenin always took his own path and had an unconscious objection to the beaten tracks.” — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Korsakov turned away, sighing heavily as he made his way toward his SUV. It had been the early winter of 1997, a dark night… — Stephen England Copy Share Image
“As the Russians say, getting what you want sometimes requires moving like the knight in chess: forward and to the left.” — Adrian McKinty Copy Share Image
“He read his own obituary and an editorial lamenting his demise and praising his fortitude and immediately began to think up witty ways of… — Louis de Bernières Copy Share Image
“The room was so neat and tidy it made me feel quite depressed...I do not allow myself to repine about what cannot be helped;… — Elizabeth Peters Copy Share Image
“He hesitated for a moment. Then he said softly, 'I love you, Mother.' He took my hand and kissed it, and folded my fingers… — Elizabeth Peters Copy Share Image
“As Ramses did the same for his mother, he saw that her eyes were fixed on him. She had been unusually silent. She had… — Elizabeth Peters Copy Share Image
“Why is a man with a knife after your blood? Who sent him? I would like to write the fellow a letter of thanks!” — Elizabeth Peters Copy Share Image
“For a time Emerson politely endeavored to conceal his boredom - like most men, he is profoundly disinterested in all children except his own… — Elizabeth Peters Copy Share Image
“Stop," he ordered, in a low but compelling voice. "Do not take another step, or I fire! Dash it," he added vexedly, "does the… — Elizabeth Peters Copy Share Image
“Have you caught cold?' 'It would appear so.' 'You could give it to Margaret,' Ramses suggested. His uncle turned the tinted spectacles toward him… — Elizabeth Peters Copy Share Image
“...DAMNATION!' No device of the printer's art, not even capital letters, can indicate the intensity of that shriek of rage. Emerson is known to… — Elizabeth Peters Copy Share Image
“What a nice neat deep trench,' I said. 'Er - should Nefret be down in it?' 'She thought she saw a skull,' Ramses said.… — Elizabeth Peters Copy Share Image
