Mikhail Lermontov

Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea.

I recognize in thieves, traitors and murderers, in the ruthless and the cunning, a deep beauty - a sunken beauty.

I didn't really realize that writing... would be fun and people would pay you to do it. Being an astronaut is a glory profession, and so is writing, in a way.

Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope.