Author of quotes: Elena Mikhalkov

You have to be able to stay inside your own life.

How strange: there was a man - and disappeared. His things, his photographs, his mirrors, pillows, flowers and pencils remained, a million objects remained, a cocoon of things that surrounds any of us. But there are no butterflies in the cocoon. Flew away.

But to be a winner, you need to fight every day. No war - no triumph.

To himself, Makar immediately dubbed this style a frenzied empire style.

My parents rarely lied to me, and I try not to deceive Anton and Eva unnecessarily. But to hang on them the burden of our hardships is useless. I have always despised adults who use children as confidants. There is no understanding in these people, but the main thing is that they have no pity. A child should be pity no less than love. Love is blind; pity is always sighted. We see our children more clearly, pitying them.

He was such a scoundrel that all these years I asked myself: Julia, where were your eyes? Let's say, Julia, you have poor eyesight! But you could, Julia, be guided by the smell, as all reasonable women do, even if they are blinded by love.

From the age of thirteen I was sure: the truth is always cruel. If you are going to tell people the truth, you are a ruthless person. And I don't want to be like that. I don’t want to be one of those who walks among people, opening their eyes by force: don’t close your eyes, you bastard! Do not turn away from our truth-truth!

Of one thing I am certain: evil destroys. It destroys not only the soul, but also the mind.

Sergei did not get tired of repeating: at every opportunity, avoid a fight.

Time corrupts a person, but ennobles things.

I did not think that a sharpie could harbor such anger. Gamblers are a special people; among them, completely frostbitten ones are rare.

If a person allows himself to be touched, consider that the gypsy half came to his trust. Because it is a gesture that is subconsciously allowed only to "their own", just like patting on the head.

Emotions knock off the mind.

For the last fifteen years of my life, I have followed a simple rule. And it, I must say, has never let me down. Remember: always seem weaker than you are. Only fools want to look strong.