Marina Lewycka Quotes

#1. The tractor must always be used as an aid to nature, not as a driver of nature. The tractor must work in harmony with the climate, and the fertility of the land, and the humble spirit of the farmers.

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#2. Ukraina: he sighs, breathing in the remembered scent of mown hay and cherry blossom. But I catch the distinct synthetic whiff of New Russia. Her

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#3. As Romeo and Juliet found to their cost, marriage is never just about two people falling in love, it is about families.

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#4. In my country we say that ignorance is the warm bath in which it is comfortable to sit but dangerous to lie down.

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#5. When I saw the car pulling into the driveway and I saw her getting out and walking towards the house, can you imagine Nadezhda, I performed involuntary excretion in my trousers.

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#6. There is a special sadness at the end of a journey. For it's only when you get to your destination that you discover the road doesn't end here after all.

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#7. A man needs enough...no less, no more.

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#8. There is no solution. I can see no possibility of peace in my lifetime. So long as they continue with their attacks, we will continue our defenses. We are trapped in tits for tats. It is impossible for someone so sensitive like myself to live life this way.

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#9. Use the technology which the engineer as developed, but use it with a humble and questioning spirit. Never allow technology to be your master, and never use it to gain mastery over others.

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