Holy man Quote by Robert K. Massie

“Nicholas wanted to scream until his throat bled. Or tear apart a wall of concrete with his bare hands. Anything – anything – to…

— Angela B. Wade

“You who were bewildered by a meaning, whose code was broken, crucifix uncrossed—Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving. Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost.”

— Roger Housden

“ALEXANDRA To be natural and clean, like the water we drink, love must be free and mutual. But men demand obedience and deny pleasure.…

— Eduardo Galeano

“Lenina was left to face the horrors of Malpais unaided. They came crowding in on her thick and fast. The spectacle of two young…

— Aldous Huxley

“Tsar Alexander I was prone to tears and he did weep over Borodino, but not at Borodino, as Tolstoy would have it. This was…

— Emma Richler

“And then what happens to all of us every day happened to him—he fell asleep without knowing himself when or how. He passed from…

— Leo Tolstoy

“She held the money to her chest and tried to fathom Alexander's heart. He was the man who, a few meters away from freedom,…

— Paullina Simons

“Alexander did not dare request what he really desired, though he knew that if he asked him for his sweetheart's hand he would have…

— Chrétien de Troyes

“Armand’s role in Lenin’s life should not be reduced to her alleged stint as ‘Lenin’s mistress’.”

— Lars T. Lih

“Catherine wished to discover whether her son were really ill or feigning. But he, worthy son of such a mother, played his part to…

— Alexandre Dumas

“You care for empresses and queens?” I asked him. “No. For tragic heroines.” “Why them?” “Suffering and courageous women who deserve their own immortality.”

— Ronald Frame

“The time for princes and tsars and grand duchesses and especially holy madmen was gone. In its place came a world of war and…

— Marcus Sedgwick