Aww, that's so sweet and romantic, especially the flashbacks. Love how you made this quote an important part of the story - and of course, the language geekery note! Pleasure and education in one package ;)

(and yay Stiglitz! Probably I'm partial to this character only due to my silly obsession with Til Schweiger - but still... :)

p.s. the Russian translation of this quote is "Свобода - это осознанная необходимость". It was one of the stock Communist slogans.