The decor was attractive and strong, but blander than she would have thought his wealth and position afforded him. Caren couldn't see the point of having that much money if all of it led to beige.

At 23 I thought I knew everything, by 33 I realised I knew nothing.

War is what happens when language fails.

Increase answers to growth

Communism, my dear, " I said when I managed to get hold of a bunch of bananas for hers and let them ripen on the windowsill, given her just one each day so they'd last for a while

The sadest part of love life is when you cannot live with and without the one you love

We thought we had such problems. How were we to know we were happy?

What brought me to the theater, no matter you're a Jew or a Russian or Armenian or Latvian, are suddenly illuminated by stage light and one beautiful image of dance.

To wait for hours to buy a train ticket or to see a doctor is accepted as a normal way of doing things. Privacy is not a great preoccupation, and this is a very crowded country.

We can't expect everybody to be there for us, all at once. So it's a lucky thing that really, all you need is someone.

My life is storytelling. I believe in stories, in their incredible power to keep people alive, to keep the living alive, and the dead.