Drinking beer in a children's playground is an old Soviet tradition.

Nobody can be forced to commit an act of villainy. You can't push anybody into the mud; people always step into it themselves.

Drinking beer in a children's playground is an old Soviet tradition.

Of course we got drunk!" Semyon said. "It's okay to get drunk, Anton. If you need to real bad. Only you have to get drunk on vodka. Cognac and wine—that's all for the heart." "So what's vodka for?" "For the soul. If it's hurting real bad

If you have love in you, it's a strength. But if you are in love, it's a weakness.

The common good and the individual good rarely coincide.

Above all, translators must be native speakers. It’s not because they speak the language better – I understand that sometimes a foreigner can learn a language better than native speakers. It has more to do with intimate knowledge of the society for which the book is being translated.