Character: Slava Kurilov. Page 1

Internally, I was alone, but it didn't frighten me - communication with relatives was tantamount to loneliness. I have appeared before his inner world, and I was interested to live in it.

All this was as if I could take a book from the shelf, browse it, and quietly put back - and this book had all my life.

About the sharks I was trying not to think these thoughts at his heels followed the fear.

From the point of view of common sense my chances to reach the shore alive were as follows: if during the jump I will not break from hitting the water if I don't get eaten by sharks, if I drown, choking or from exhaustion if I'm not going to break on the reef, if you have the strength and breath to get to shore and if by that time I'll still be alive - only then I may be able to be grateful for the unprecedented miracle of salvation.

I wanted to see and understand everything that was always hidden from the human eye and attention.

What a marvelous condition when there is no more fear. I wanted to go to the square and laugh to the world.

It is impossible to accept the fact that, having been born on this wonderful blue planet, you're locked for life in a Communist state for the sake of some stupid ideas.

Stefan Zweig's story "Unique moment" in the life of every person there are moments which he must obey. If he's going to miss it the moment, it is a long narrow life, before he will be awarded a new.