Quote by Mikhail Bulgakov

“dangers of her past. She cared about what he provided in an otherwise dangerous world. “Russia is a hard place,” she said quietly, “or…

— Danielle Steel

“Here was the Russia she'd loved since childhood, the dark, violent, passionate place where the life of the mind and spirit were as real…

— Natalie Standiford

“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

“She was carrying these revolting, disturbing yellow flowers. God knows what they're called, but for some reason they're the first to appear in Moscow.…

— Mikhail Bulgakov

“Still, there was a heaviness to her manner, a kind of grim determination to get a message across, one last time.”

— David Remnick

“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

“She would have an adventure. For herself. This one time. She would see her homeland, and smell it and breathe it in. See it…

— Sarah J. Maas

“Nothing will get you anywhere with me," I exclaimed. "I don't know about that." He put on an introspective look that was both unexpected…

— Richelle Mead

“Mine. She’s mine. The words are a primal drumbeat in my mind. I’ve never felt so possessive about a woman, have never wanted to…

— Anna Zaires

“Did he dream of her? The thought made her giddy and all the more certain about her path. She thought of what Anastasia had…

— Vivienne Savage

“But most important, she had broken through that invisible wall of terror that surrounded her, and lived to tell the tale.”

— Robin Schwarz

“It’s like the fates are conspiring to keep me in Moscow. It’s not enough that Russia has winters brutal enough to decimate its enemies’…

— Anna Zaires