“The dangerous man is the one who has only one idea, because then he'll fight and die for it."[As quoted in The New Yorker, April 25, 2011]”

“...In the summer New York was the only place in which one could escape from New Yorkers...”

“Elizabeth Anne TaylorApril 25, 1974 - April 25, 2004Our Sweetheart, Only resting”

“One of the most oft-quoted records of the siege, scribbled in pencil over the pages of a pocket address book, is that kept by twelve-year-old Tanya Savicheva: 28 December 1941 at 12.30 a.m. – Zhenya died. 25 January 1942 at 3 p.m. – Granny died. 17 March at 5 a.m. – Lyoka died. 13 April at 2 a.m. – Uncle Vasya died. 10 May at 4 p.m. – Uncle Lyosha died. 13 May at 7.30 a.m. – Mama died. The Savichevs are dead. Everyone is dead. Only Tanya is left.”

“Any man who retreats into a cave which has only one opening deserves to die.”

“In a man-to-man fight, the winner is he who has one more round in his magazine.”