“let your wrinkles be from laughing”

“Tania...you and I had only one moment..."said Alexander. "A single moment in time, in your time and mine...one instant, when another life could have still been possible." He kissed her lips. "Do you know what I'm talking about?"(When Tatiana looked up from her ice cream, she saw a soldier staring at her from across the street.)"I know that moment," whispered Tatiana.”

“Be, like Proust, a fanatic of time.”

“A veces soy feliz, especialmente cuando amo. Dejo que la vida me pase por los ojos y me dejo existir con una pasividad que no hace resistencia al temor ni a la idea de morir. El espíritu de inquietud cede sus furores al silencio, y una especie de bruma adormece las impaciencias del alma.”

“...había pocas cosas en el mundo más hermosas que una mujer escribiendo. Ocho mujeres haciéndolo era una de esas cosas.”

“I'll take your breath any way you give it to me, Shura.”

“I give you," said Alexander, glancing at her, "what you need most from me.”