3 Quotes by Fazil Iskander

Have no fear of the seated guest, the saying goes - fear the guest who is standing. Especially one who drinks standing up, for the belly of the standing guest, like a well-stretched wineskin, becomes a great deal more capacious.

He did everything in softened form, because he was a soft man by nature and wished no harm to anyone. His philosophy was, May things go all right for everybody, and if that's impossible, well, may they go all right for me, at least.

If you want to know the truth, animals never betray anyone. Only people betray.