"Even if in this book my sadness is written out of place, or written carelessly, I beg you not to blame my wickedness, don’t curse me—just correct it. I wrote, because I’m not an angel of God, but a sinful man, and very full of ignorance…" This is how ancient Russian writers addressed their readers, warning them that it was a sinful man writing… "So, I warn you in advance: what I tell you, what I read—these are my thoughts, my feelings… and you must treat them with the same irony with which I treat them myself."
- Lev Durov