Though the doctors treated him, let his blood, and gave him medications to drink, he nevertheless recovered.

Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.

We shall all of us die, so why should I grudge a little trouble?

All the stories and descriptions of that time without exception peak only of the patriotism, self-sacrifice, despair, grief, and heroism of the Russians. But in reality it was not like that...The majority of the people paid no attention to the general course of events but were influenced only by their immediate personal interests.

Rivers are places that renew our spirit, connect us with our past, and link us directly with the flow and rhythm of the natural world.

Doctoring her seemed to her as absurd as putting together the pieces of a broken vase. Her heart was broken. Why would they try to cure her with pills and powders?

We love people not so much for the good they've done us, as for the good we've done them.