“If you always wait until you are ready to do something, you will never do anything.”

“If you always wait until your are ready to do something, you will never do anything.”

“They think the government shows people everything —how to work, study, eat, sleep and that’s it. They are afraid of change. They do not understand that if you want to do something, you should do it. You are free, people, free!”

“NINAThink of me sometimes.TRIGORINI shall never forget you. I shall always remember you as I saw you that bright day--do you recall it?--a week ago, when you wore your light dress, and we talked together, and the white seagull lay on the bench beside us.”

“Here I am with you & yet not for a single moment do I forget that there's an unfinished novel waiting for me.”

“When asked, "Why do you always wear black?", he said, "I am mourning for my life.”

“MEDVIEDENKO Why do you always wear mourning? MASHA I dress in black to match my life. I am unhappy.”