Moscow But Dreaming Quotes

“The crows demur at first, but soon grow bold and eat. He talks to them. He tells them of all the things that bother him—that the politics have changed but the politicians are still the same exact people as back in the sixties, only balder and fatter; he tells them that nobody cares about anything important anymore. He tells them that freedom has nothing to do with money, or the McDonald’s restaurants. The crows stop eating and listen.”
― Ekaterina Sedia, Moscow But Dreaming

“Travel lets you pretend that the world didn’t really change, that you just chose your terms.”
― Ekaterina Sedia, Moscow But Dreaming

“This story does not have a happy ending; they almost never do. The only happy stories you will ever hear are told by men—they spin their lies, trying to convince themselves that they cause no devastation, and that the hearts they break were never worth much to begin with.”
― Ekaterina Sedia, Moscow But Dreaming

“We can get over the wrongs we do, but we cannot forgive ourselves for the wrongs done to us, for our own helplessness.”
― Ekaterina Sedia, Moscow But Dreaming