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“Lenin found music depressing.
Stalin thought he understood and appreciated music.
Khrushchev despised music.
Which is the worst for a composer?”
― The Noise of Time
Stalin thought he understood and appreciated music.
Khrushchev despised music.
Which is the worst for a composer?”
― The Noise of Time
“He applauded their idealism. And yes, music might be immortal, but composers alas are not.”
― The Noise of Time
― The Noise of Time
“Love is not something that happens to a person, but something a person does for another person, every day, every moment.”
― The Future Library
― The Future Library
“Ordinary people listen to a huge amount of nonsense that they would be better off without.”
― The Room
― The Room
“Margareta greeted almost all of them in an equally warm and friendly way, which put me in an even worse mood seeing as she really ought to realize that she was devaluing the impact of her smile if she used it on everyone.”
― The Room
― The Room
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