Isaac Babel Quotes
No iron can stab the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place.
No iron can pierce the human heart as chillingly as a full stop placed at the right time.
A well-thought-out story doesn’t need to resemble real life. Life itself tries with all its might to resemble a well-crafted story.
She would lift her peignoir above her knees and say to her husband: 'Give baby a kiss...'
There is no iron that can enter the human heart with such stupefying effect, as a period placed at just the right moment.