[CondoleezzaProtege]

...Yes, the Russians writers were not shy about addressing what they called the accursed questions; the ultimate questions. You don't get too many English or French writers thinking they can address questions about the very meaning of life or the basis of morality directly, but the Russians take these questions by the throat. Their characters wonder about them and go through different alternatives to them. These are the same questions that students realize are going to shape their own lives at this point. Some of these questions concern things that they are thinking about every moment, like the nature of love, for instance, which is let's say the theme of Tolstoy's novel, Anna Karenina, and some of his other works. They understand the importance of that right away. I think the reason they take these classes, one reason is, they get to talk about things that really touch their lives, that you don't have to persuade them are important...

[Steely Tom]

If you want to be happy for the rest of your life
never make a pretty woman your wife

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

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[PGalt]

Aleksander Solzhenitsyn

https://www.azquotes.com/author/13869-Aleksandr_Solzhenitsyn

[rfp1234]

A recent poll in Russia had Pushkin tied with Putin in 2nd place among the most-admired Russians in history. Stalin was first.

[Nateman]

Ayn Rand was a Refugee from the Soviet Union.