Sergei Dovlatov quotes
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“There's a reason every book, even one that isn't very serious, is shaped like a suitcase”
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“Let's assume there really is no such thing as happiness, no such thing as peace, and no freedom either. But there are kind of attacks of senseless ecstasy. Can this be me?”
-- Sergei DovlatovSource : Sergei Dovlatov (2012). “The Zone: A Prison Camp Guard's Story”, p.72, Counterpoint Press
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“Our life is but a grain of sand in the indifferent ocean of infinity.”
-- Sergei DovlatovSource : Sergei Dovlatov (2011). “The Suitcase: A Novel”, p.13, Counterpoint Press
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“Sales were lukewarm. Back home there was no freedom, but there were readers. Here there was freedom enough, but readers were missing.”
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“If people are rude in Moscow, at least it's in Russian.”
-- Sergei DovlatovSource : Sergei Dovlatov (2014). “Pushkin Hills”, p.141, Counterpoint
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“We are not better than native born Americans, and of course not smarter. We’ve just been to the last stop of this bus.”
-- Sergei Dovlatov
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“And malt does more than Milton can to justify God's ways to man.”
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“This is a time for serious people, Bob, and your fifteen minutes are up.”
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“I could definitely see myself making a serious movie or a drama in the future.”
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“Hey, I'm serious here? Why do you have to ask me how many hits I have?”
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“This is by far the most serious crisis civilisation has ever faced.”
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“People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.”
Source : Creative Think talk, www.folklore.org. July 20, 1982.
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“I'm a quite serious actor who doesn't mind being ridiculously comic.”
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