
A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel

From bells to cannons and back again, from now until the end of time. Such is the fate of iron ore.
Amor Towles • A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel
Specifically, we will be testing Newton’s calculation of the speed of gravity and Galileo’s principle that objects with different mass fall at an equivalent rate.”
Amor Towles • A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel
Always to shine, to shine everywhere, to the very depths of the last days
Amor Towles • A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel
lumbago. They spoke of the once and the was, of the wishful
Amor Towles • A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel
“I’ll tell you what is convenient,” he said after a moment. “To sleep until noon and have someone bring you your breakfast on a tray. To cancel an appointment at the very last minute. To keep a carriage waiting at the door of one party, so that on a moment’s notice it can whisk you away to another. To sidestep marriage in your youth and put off hav
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For what matters in life is not whether we receive a round of applause; what matters is whether we have the courage to venture forth despite the uncertainty of acclaim.”
Amor Towles • A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel
But, of course, a thing is just a thing.
Amor Towles • A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel
Suddenly—I shone in all my might, and morning rang its round. Always to shine, to shine everywhere, to the very depths of the last days, to shine— and to hell with everything else! That is my motto— and the sun’s!