I Have Written Only What I Have

I Don't Want You To Be Young And Beautiful. I Only Want One Thing. I Want You To Be Kind-hearted - And Not Just Towards Cats And Dogs.

Ivan Tells Anna: "i Used To Imagine That Being Embraced By A Woman . . . As Something So Wonderful That It Would Make Me Forget Everthing . . . [but] Happiness, It Turns Out, Will Be To Share With You The Burden I Can't Share With Anyone Else.

Human History Is Not The Battle Of Good Struggling To Overcome Evil. It Is A Battle Fought By A Great Evil Struggling To Crush A Small Kernel Of Human Kindness.

I Have Written Only What I Have Thought Through, Felt Through And Suffered Through.

There Is A Deep And Undeniable Sadness In All This: Whenever We See The Dawn Of An Eternal Good That Will Never Be Overcome By Evil – An Evil That Is Itself Eternal But Will Never Succeed In Overcoming Good – Whenever We See This Dawn, The Blood Of Old People And Children Is Always Shed.