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“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.”

Life Inspirational Self Russia Royalty Russian Revolution Anastasia Romanovs Otma Tsar Nicholas

Book:The Lost Crown

Source: The Lost Crown

“I'll pretend, I tell myself. Pretending is safer than believing.”

War Russia Pretending Believing Russian Revolution Anastasia Tsar Nicholas Ii Romanovs Otma

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.”

War Russia Russian Revolution Anastasia Romanovs Otma Tsar Nicholas

Book:The Lost Crown

Source: The Lost Crown

“My sisters and I sit together on a pair of suitcases. If we've forgotten anything, it's already too late -- our rooms have all been sealed and photographed. Anyway, Tatiana would say it's bad luck to return for something you've forgotten.”

War Russia Exile Traveling Russian Revolution Anastasia Tsar Nicholas Ii Romanovs Otma

Book:The Lost Crown

Source: The Lost Crown

“She (Empress Marie Feodorovna) instinctively understood that to the Russian people the appearance of greatness was as important as greatness itself.”

Russia Greatness Quotes Romanovs Czar

Book:Born to Rule: Five Reigning Consorts, Granddaughters of Queen Victoria

Source: Born to Rule: Five Reigning Consorts, Granddaughters of Queen Victoria

“I knew that it was time to cease being a Romanov so as to become an Abramovich.”

Royalty Old Money Nouveau Riche Romanovs Romanov New Money Abramovich

Author:Pietros Maneos

“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.”

Russia Royalty Russian Revolution Romanovs Otma Tsar Nicholas

Book:The Lost Crown

Source: The Lost Crown

“She leads me to a parlor room, where tailors are pinning up a white, lacy gown, with long sleeves and a layered skirt, made in the style of the year 1917. The same year the Romanov Empire fell. At their request, I slip it on and step on a stool in the middle of the room. My throat clenches when I gaze into the golden mirror. I’m a living impression of Empress Alexandra, wife of Nicholas II. I look like I’ve stepped out of the black-and-white pictures and transported myself to another time.”

Wedding Dress 1917 Romanovs Romanov Lysandra Romanov Empire

Book:Court of Vampires

Source: Court of Vampires

“Nobility passes through by blood, not by law”

Science Renaissance Harem Romanovs Presocratics

Book:MARIA ROMANOV: After 17 July 1918

Source: MARIA ROMANOV: After 17 July 1918