The hardest thing of all is when pain is hidden behind a mask of calm.

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

What an unfortunate instrument the guitar is! An instrument of such great nobility, a genuine monarch of music-- reduced to a pitiful lump of wood with six strings, constantly abused by people with no ear and no voice.

If it's possible to do something, sooner or later someone's going to do it.

The common good and the individual good rarely coincide.

Love was something different. Love was pure delight, a fountain of emotions, sensual delights, and enjoying spending time together.

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