"In the end, it wasn't death that surprised her but the stubbornness of life."

"Tolstoy's War and Peace is overblown – do yourself a favour and read his Death of Ivan Ilych."

"Oh, Field Marshal, so far it would have been a funeral without military honors, maybe now it can become one with military honors."

"The hard core, the outlaw elite, were the Hell's Angels... wearing the winged death's-head on the back of their sleeveless jackets and packing their "mamas" behind them on big "chopped hogs." They rod…"

"Almost one year has now passed since the horrifying events in Mina, as a result of which several thousand people tragically lost their lives- under the hot sun with thirsty lips- and this happened on …"