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“They see that giving birth to a man is hope, and giving birth to a woman is a disappointment, although every man's dream is a woman and every woman's disappointment is a man.”
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“It’s not a shame if a man learns something from a woman’s heart which makes him more gentle and human.”
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“A tragedy when a mature mind and a romantic heart are in the same body”
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“Not everything in the heart can be said, so god created sighs, tears, long sleep, cold smile and shivering hands.”
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“The Russians, when I found them a few years later, worked on me in the same way. They seemed to regard fiction not as something decorative but as a vital moral-ethical tool. They changed you when you read them, made the world seem to be telling a different, more interesting story, a story in which you might play a meaningful part, and in which you had responsibilities.”
― A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
― A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
Carin’s 2023 Year in Books
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