Soviet union Quote by Tibor Fischer

“Was anyone else mentioned?' 'Esterhase,' Jim snapped, in the same taut tone. 'Bloody man wanted to know how anyone could trust a Hungarian.”

— John le Carré

“[He] mumbled something about how being a Hungarian meant wanting nothing and being prepared for anything. Or was it the other way around.”

— Jessica Anthony

“I hated life in the Soviet Union. You had to pretend something you didn't feel.”

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

“Being that most everyone knew Latvian and Russian, it was the only indication.”

— Jeff Keenan

“You was in all sorts of places, huh?” “Yeah, I was. Saw the world.” “What’d you think of it?” “Different languages, same shit.”

— Dennis Lehane

“What’s the capital of Hungary?” she demanded. I knew the answer was Budapest before she even gave me the four choices. “A. Accra B. Berlin…

— Atheneum Books for Young Readers

“And like all good plans, it required a crazy Ukrainian guy.”

— Andy Weir

“enough vodka to kill a Russian army.”

— A.G. Riddle

“Disappointment for Slavs is always more poetic and profound, as well as more frequent, than it is for Americans.”

— Stuart Rojstaczer

“I thought they spoke Russian in the Ukraine.” “Well, yes. Depends what part of Ukraine. They’re not so different languages, the two.”

— Donna Tartt

“If I want to do anything, I want to speak a more universal language.”

— William Saroyan

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

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky