Sophie Swetchine

Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones.

In order to have an enemy, one must be somebody. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force. A malicious enemy is better than a clumsy friend.

We expect everything and are prepared for nothing.

The universities deceive when they say they have no agenda other than to open minds.

I think that most people believe that Russia, because of its - it has regained some of its military strength. And they do rattle the saber a bit. It wants to be a player.

I had this wild imagination. I was never me. All my childhood photos, I'm in fancy dress, playing a Russian refuge or Marvelous Mad Madam Mim.