It became clear to the whole world that a totalitarian regime could neither accuse nor transform itself: suicide was not in its nature, it could only kill others.

Moscow, breathing fire like a human volcano with its smoldering lava of passion, ambition and politics, its hurly-burly of meetings and entertainment, Moscow is less than twenty miles away. It's always thirsting for something new, the newest events, the latest sensation.

The one good thing about not seeing you is that I can write you letters.

Go to meet destiny halfway and destiny will come to your assistance.

God grants an easy death only to the just.

It is human nature that rules the world, not governments and regimes.

As a result of half a century of Soviet rule people have been weaned from a belief in human kindness.