"The people who bind themselves to systems are those who are unable to encompass the whole truth and try to catch it by the tail; a system is like the tail of truth, but truth is like a lizard; it leaves its tail in your fingers and runs away knowing full well that it will grow a new one in a twinkling."

"Who among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty good feelings, pity and remorse?"

"In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my country's fate, you alone are my comfort and support, oh great, powerful, righteous, and free Russian language!"

"Nature creates while destroying, and doesn't care whether it creates or destroys as long as life isn't extinguished, as long as death doesn't lose its rights."

"If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction."

"I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature; and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries “Give, give!”"

"And I will show that nothing can happen more beautiful than death."

"My original inspiration was my mom: a few years after the death of my dad, she started dating one my teachers!"