Cliche Quote by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Probably she said yes. Afterwards she was not sure. She saw his scared gaze lift and stare at the approaching bus. She saw an…

— John le Carré

“She's become a Russian again, he thought. When something works, she's grateful. When it doesn't work, it's life.”

— John le Carré

“But I held her in my heart, and would stay with her all my days, even if a great many of them were trying…

— Adam Johnson

“You don’t like me, do you?” she asked suddenly and pathetically, just like a small child. Sergei did not look at her but merely…

— William Axtell

“I will never go back. For the simple reason that all the Russia I need, after all, is with me--always with me. Her literature,…

— Vladimir Nabokov

“Her conversation was like a Russian newspaper, remarkable for what is left unsaid.”

— Guy Thorne

“Well, at least this time I get to be a person in the story. The last time you told one of your Russian parables…

— Nora Ephron

“Tanya, I can not tell you how Leningrad looks today. I used to say that Paris is the most beautiful in the world, and…

— Miroslav Antić

“You have disgraced the name of Russia, madam!" shouted the general, "and there are police for that!”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“A Russian who uses his imagination is done for. I certainly never use mine.”

— Haruki Murakami

“When I imagined somebody whispering dirty things in my ear, he had a Russian accent.”

— Richelle Mead

“Personally, nothing would surprise me any more. If my father announced that he was really a Russian agent or my mother ran away with…

— Sue Townsend