Courage Is Being The Only Only One

Every Novel Begins With The Speculative Question, What If "x" Happened? That's How You Start.

The Most Wounding Insult To An Educated Russian Was To Be Called Nekulturny-uncultured-yet The Same Men Who Sat In The Gilt Boxes At The Moscow State Opera Weeping At The End Of A Performance Of Boris Gudunov Could Immediately Turn Around And Order The Execution Or Imprisonment Of A Hundred Men Without Blinking. A Strange People, Made More Strange By Their Political Philosophy.

Liberation And Equal-rights Issues Notwithstanding, It Was A Man's Job To Make A Woman Feel Cherished And Respected.

Once You Stop Believing In Santa Claus, The Whole World Just Goes Downhill.

Courage Is Being The Only Only One Who Knows How Terrified You Are.