Ivan Bunin. Zhizn' naoborot

"…Odnazhdy zimnim moroznym utrom ya ponyal, chto nachnu tozhe s holoda, tol'ko parizhskogo: kogda upal pervyy kom zemli na kryshku groba Bunina na neozhidanno po-russki ledyanom noyabr'skom kladbische. A potom nachnu otmatyvat' vse k nachalu. "Zhizn' naoborot". Cherez starost', bolezn', mirovuyu slavu, emigraciyu, potryaseniya, revolyuciyu, tret'yu lyubov', vtoruyu, pervuyu. I tak do istoka. I kogda tol'ko chto poyavivshiysya na svet rebenok zakrichit, kniga i zakonchitsya. I togda my nachnem vse snachala". (Dmitriy Vodennikov).