....and when Tatiana lifted her glistening eyes to him, Alexander was looking down at her with his I’ll-get-on-the-bus-for-you-anytime face.

Alexander to Tatiana: I love you as much as it is possible for a man to love a woman.

I don't want this life to end," said Alexander. "The good, the bad, the everything, the very old, to ever end.

Shura...are you...in love with me?" "Turn to me," Alexander said. She turned. "Tatia, I worship you. I'm crazy in love with you. I want you to marry me.

And that's my point: all great things worth having require great sacrifice worth giving.

Alexander knew that before he had light instead of darkness, he had to deserve light instead of darkness.

You will find a way to live without me. You will find a way to live for both of us,' Alexander said to Tatiana as the swelling Kama River flowed from the Ural Mountains through a pine village named Lazarevo, once when they were in love, and young.