„Alexander, were you looking for me?“

— Paullina Simons
„Tatiana: "Alexander, were you looking for me?"Alexander: "All my life.“
— Paullina Simons
„If I were not Alexander, I should wish to be Diogenes.“
— Alexander the Great
„Shura… are you… in love with me?""Turn to me," Alexander said. She turned. "Tatia, I worship you. I'm crazy in love with you. I want you to marry me.“
— Paullina Simons
„Oh Alexander," she said, "what do you want from me…""Everything!" he whispered fiercely.“
— Paullina Simons
„…. and when Tatiana lifted her glistening eyes to him, Alexander was looking down at her with his I’ll-get-on-the-bus-for-you-anytime face.“
— Paullina Simons
„Will you remember that? Anywhere you are, if you can look up and find Perseus in the sky, find that smile, and hear the galactic wind whisper your name, you'll know that it's me, calling for you… calling you back to Lazarevo. (Alexander)“
— Paullina Simons
„You will find a way to live without me. You will find a way to live for both of us,' Alexander said to Tatiana as the swelling Kama River flowed from the Ural Mountains through a pine village named Lazarevo, once when they were in love, and young.“
— Paullina Simons