...and to this day the rare traveller who knows the language and customs even of the worst of the tribes is safer amongst them than in the neighbouring Cossack settlements.

As long as the forest stood the Tchetchens were unconquerable... and it is literally the fact that they were beaten in the long run not by the sword but by the axe.

When you really want something, you will give up a million times, but your heart keeps taking you back to the starting line.

It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.

Aleksar Greene was a boy I used to play with. He was my imaginary friend.

I never wanted to be mainstream as a writer, but look at what's happened.

Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal

Gilles was the fastest driver in the history of motor racing

Where are the songs of Spring? Aye, where are they? Think not of them; thou has thy music too.

I’m not crazy to discuss fashion with men. I couldn’t care less about their opinion.

Being pro-life is a basic perspective of everything I do.

The scientific facts indicate that all the temperature changes observed in the last 100 years were largely natural changes and were not caused by carbon dioxide produced in human activities.