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“We Russians cannot say anything in our own language ... At least we haven't yet.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“You know what I mean. From the residency.” “I don’t know what you—” “I placed a bug in Oleg’s car.” Then he switched into…

— Mark Greaney

“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'm told that a couple of my Russian translations are just plain terrible, though, and there may be others.

— Charles Stross

“I speak the language of love. That’s right, I speak Russian.”

— Jarod Kintz

“... I retraced my steps, walked up to her, and in another moment would have certainly said, "Madam!" if I had not known that…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Don't worry. We do not have to talk about. We are Russian. We do not talk about feelings all the time and no one…

— Andrea Portes

I speak a little bit of Russian.

— Gabe Polsky

So I started to learn Russian and I was one of those probably way too eager, annoying young actor kids who was trying to…

— Jared Leto

“So very Russian," people around were murmuring. That they did meant this was an audience pretty low down on the scale of sophistication, otherwise…

— Doris Lessing

Although I don't understand Russian, I like the sound.

— Ryuichi Sakamoto

When writing dialogue, I hear it in both Russian and English, and try to find a language that combines the two.

— David Bezmozgis