A collection of short stories and essays about meetings, partings, conversations and reconciliations. Short pauses in long lives, each of which changed something in the destinies of the heroes or will change in the near future. Unanswered questions and answers to unasked questions. How to forget unforgettable love? How to forgive someone who has offended you? Is there any justification for brutal elections? Is it possible to understand someone who makes unforgivable mistakes? The heroes of short sketches ask questions to themselves, their interlocutors, and readers. Do they find the answers themselves? Will those who open this book find answers to their questions?