Sergei Dovlatov Quotes

• Our life is but a grain of sand in the indifferent ocean of infinity.

  Sergei Dovlatov

  Ocean, Infinity, Life Is

  Sergei Dovlatov (2011). “The Suitcase: A Novel”, p.13, Counterpoint Press

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• Let's assume there really is no such thing as happiness, no such thing as peace, and no freedom either. But there are kind of attacks of senseless ecstasy. Can this be me?

  Sergei Dovlatov

  Assuming, Kind, Ecstasy

  Sergei Dovlatov (2012). “The Zone: A Prison Camp Guard's Story”, p.72, Counterpoint Press

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• There's a reason every book, even one that isn't very serious, is shaped like a suitcase

  Sergei Dovlatov

  Book, Suitcases, Serious

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• Sales were lukewarm. Back home there was no freedom, but there were readers. Here there was freedom enough, but readers were missing.

  Sergei Dovlatov

  Home, Missing, Enough

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• If people are rude in Moscow, at least it's in Russian.

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  People, Rude, Moscow

  Sergei Dovlatov (2014). “Pushkin Hills”, p.141, Counterpoint

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• We are not better than native born Americans, and of course not smarter. We’ve just been to the last stop of this bus.

  Sergei Dovlatov

  Lasts, Born, Bus

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