I tend to be a great optimist when it comes to the United States and the American way of life, I think precisely because I wasn't born into it.

Tatiana...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.

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

Shura, I’m yours. You may not like it today, you may not want it tonight, you may wish for it all to be different now, but it remains, and I remain, as always, only yours. Nothing can change that. Not your wrath, your fists, your body or your death.

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

Love is, to be loved,” said Alexander, “in return.

Love is when he is hungry and you feed him. Love is knowing when he is hungry.