“In my adolescence, when I just began to show interest in the female sex, I came across the following saying in one of the girl’s songbooks decorated with flowers under a portrait of Sofia Rotaru: “In love, it’s like fishing: if it doesn’t bite, reel in the fishing rods.” This wisdom made me laugh - having grown up on the water, taught to fish by my grandfather, I knew well that if it doesn’t bite, you need to bait the place, tackle, change the bait, wait, hope for chance, for a change in the weather, but just not retreat. I was a lucky fisherman and expected the same luck in matters of the heart, but when I happened to fall in love for the first time, fate mockingly broke my aplomb...”