"Most people ask of their friends that they understand them, but, on balance, I think I prefer a friend who understands himself."

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I wanted to write; I sought all possible paths of personal liberation, but I could never sacrifice a living instant of life for the sake of a line to be written, my balance for the sake of a manuscript, a storm within me for the sake of a poem. I loved life itself too much for this.

— Nina Berberova