“A sweet lie is more gracious for us than a virulent but real truth.”

“let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.”

“Despite your best efforts, you could not invent a better police force for literature than criticism and the author's own conscience.”

“We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.”

“Desription should be very brief and have an incidental nature.”

“The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.”

“Yelena. What a lovely day!... Not to hot either. Voynitski. It would even be pleasant to hang oneself on a day like this.”