“I wish I wasn't an imperial highness or an ex-grand duchess. I'm sick of people doing things to me because of what I am. Girl-in-white-dress. Short-one-with-fringe. Daughter-of-the-tsar. Child-of-the-ex-tyrant. I want people to look and see me, Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova, not the caboose on a train of grand duchesses. Someday, I promise myself, no one will be able to hear my name or look at my picture and suppose they know all about me. Someday I will do something bigger than what I am.” LifeInspirationalSelfRussiaRoyaltyRussian RevolutionAnastasiaRomanovsOtmaTsar Nicholas Book:The Lost Crown Source: The Lost Crown
“It's different now, like pushing the stop lever on my camera until nothing except the war can squeeze through the lens.” WarRussiaRussian RevolutionAnastasiaRomanovsOtmaTsar Nicholas Book:The Lost Crown Source: The Lost Crown
“We should be used to it," Tatiana reasons. "There have always been lines separating us from the rest of the world, whether they were satin ribbons or iron rails.” RussiaRoyaltyRussian RevolutionRomanovsOtmaTsar Nicholas Book:The Lost Crown Source: The Lost Crown