Hard Currency Quotes

“Moscow,” he said, “was built to make people feel small against the magnificence of the revolution. The streets are eight lanes wide, the statues are five stories high, the buildings are as big as mountains. But this—look at it, Shemenkov”
― Stuart M. Kaminsky, Hard Currency

“I saw him myself in here one time. Or I think I did. Who remembers when history, memory, and wishes come together. You know?” “I know,” said Rostnikov.”
― Stuart M. Kaminsky, Hard Currency

“This was fine with Katrina Vross, a weary, short, baggy-eyed chain-smoker with the put-upon air of many Russian bureaucrats whose attitude suggested that any question you might ask was a major imposition on their time, a reflection of your own stupidity, and a confirmation that life was an endless series of debilitating repetitions.”
― Stuart M. Kaminsky, Hard Currency