But as long as we think positively, I’m sure a solution will appear.

Things are what they are, and whatever will be, will be.

Politics sometimes is not only unnecessary but also unnecessary complicated.

Revenge is not a good thing. Revenge is like politics: one thing always leads to another until bad has become worse, and worse has become worst.

When life has gone into overtime it's easy to take liberties.

Never try to out drink a Swede, unless you happen to be a Finn or at least a Russian.

Well, now you can see how sensible it is not to start your day by guessing what might happen... After all, how long would I have had to go on guessing before I guessed this?

Life, here I come!' he said. And was immediately and fatally run over by a bus.

His experience was that Justice was rarely as just as it ought to be. The others agreed.

He told himself that he could die some other time, in some other place.

The hundred-year-old man had never let himself be irritated by people, even when there was a good reason to be, and he was not annoyed by the uncouth manner of this youth.

a true piece of writing is a dangerous thing. It can change your life.

My notion of the KGB came from romantic spy stories. I was a pure and utterly successful product of Soviet patriotic education.

Sincerity is the end and beginning of things; without sincerity there would be nothing.

Math is like going to the gym for your brain. It sharpens your mind.

For all his sourness, he was ruled by his heart.

I didn't write. I just wandered about.

No matter how tired I am, I can only sleep for four hours at a time.

I often feel like books find us for reasons, and we read them when we need them the most.

Success requires both urgency and patience. Be urgent about making the effort, and patient about seeing the results.

Few artists are able to accurately assess just how valuable and great their work is - or how much it will be appreciated by its audience. In other words, insecurity is the name of the game.