Lyubov Voloshko

“The State, that immune betrayer, which embezzles billions and jails anyone who defrauds it of as much as five marks, would find some pretext for not paying.”
― Erich Maria Remarque, The Black Obelisk

“... the world is so empty and so loveless when there's no one in it to holler your name and holler you home.”
― Stephen King, Lisey's Story

“You would think a place the size of England could easily hold all the happenings in one humble lifetime without much overlap—I mean, it’s not ruddy Luxembourg we live in—but no, we cross, crisscross, and recross our old tracks like figure skaters.”
― David Mitchell

“If things went according to the death notices, ... the earth seems to have been populated by a horde of wingless angels without one’s having been aware of it. Pure love, which in reality is to be found so seldom, shines on all sides in death, and is the commonest thing of all.”
― Erich Maria Remarque, The Black Obelisk