Quotes from Sergei Lukyanenko

What has to happen to us before we understand that we have to take good care of everything we have, of every tree in our boundless forests, every little stream that isn't even marked on the maps, every village with only five households, every soldier drafted into the army, every man in the street toiling under his dreary daily burden? What will it take to change us?

MÅ'ody i zdrowy m??czyzna ma caÅ'y wachlarz mo?liwych przebudzeÅ". Najprzyjemniejsze, gdy caÅ'ujÄ… ciÄ™ w ucho i mówiÄ…: "Kochanie… dziÄ™kujÄ™, to byÅ'a niezapomniana noc…". Co ciekawe, mo?e to by? równie? wariant najstraszniejszy, tylko wtedy czuÅ'y gÅ'os jest gÅ'osem mÄ™skim i ma kaukaski akcent.

Jak dobrze by? mÅ'odym i mie? gorÄ…cÄ… gÅ'owÄ™! Wierzy?, ?e ciemno?? ma serce, wróg imiÄ™, a eksperymenty cel.

And no doubt you're quite happy for her to slave away at the cooker, wash the nappies, get no sleep for nights on end

The sky's not for us. We weren't meant to fly. All we can do is try not to fall.

Life in death and death in life. Could

Every city has streets that were built under an unlucky star. And they don't have to be located in the outskirts, either. Sometimes they run along beside gloomy factory buildings, sometimes along the railway lines or main highways, sometimes even beside a park or ravine that has survived through some oversight by the municipal authorities.

Fuck your fucking mother!' Gesar howled, twisting the wheel round. In a moment of genuine terror only the Russian language could convey the true depths of his feelings. It made me feel proud of our great Russian culture!

the whole problem is that the regime is a reflection of society. Crooked and grotesque, but still a reflection. And as long as most of the citizens of a country—if they happened to gain power—would steal and regard themselves as better than other people, no remoralization of the ruling circles will change anything. Those politicians who acquire a conscience will leave. And new ones without consciences will take their places. It's people who have to change, society—

THERE'S A SIMPLE way to understand what a blind man feels in this life: close your eyes and try to do something. Something ordinary, not difficult. Something you normally do anyway 'without looking' – take a spoon out of a drawer in a table, light a cigarette, put a CD in a music centre. It only takes five minutes at the most to understand everything and know that you'll never forget it.

I wiped the snow off my face. There was someone waiting for me. And that's the only thing that stops us from freezing solid.

Do you know what it's like to be condemned to love?

ANTON LOVED PRAGUE. In fact, he simply couldn't understand how it was possible not to. There were some cities that confused you and suffocated you from the first, and there were some whose charm slowly and imperceptibly fascinated you.

Much knowledge, much sorrow...

It's about waking up in the morning with everything around you looking grey. Grey sky, grey sun, grey city, grey people, grey thoughts. And the only way out is to have another drink. Then you feel better. Then the colours come back.

I'll tell you what the problem is. You're a young guy, you join the Watch, and you're delighted with yourself. At last the whole world is divided up into black and white! Your dream for humanity has come true; now you can tell who's good and who's bad. So get this. That's not the way it is. Not at all.

But usually the attempt to defeat evil engenders more evil. I advise you to do good; that is the only way to win the victory!" Alisher

The hiding place is believed to contain the Crown of All Things," said Lermont. "Sounds tempting, doesn't it? But somehow I think that the Crown of All Things is really the End of All Things." Semyon

Until you become wiser, you won't become more powerful. Until you become more powerful you won't master higher magic. Until you master higher magic, you won't go into places that are dangerous. Your situation is unique. You were affected by"—he frowned—"the

I'm sorry," I said. I felt unbearably ashamed. "I'm sorry." "What for?" "For being a blind, self-satisfied ass. For not seeing . . .

The land preserves clues for a long time, but the sea has a short memory.

And that, Pavel, is why you shouldn't use magic for every tiny little thing. Where you can put your trust in science, that's what you should do.

By oppression's woes and pains, By your sons in servile chains, We will drain our dearest veins But they shall be free! Robert

I wanted to do something as badly as a genie who's been let out of his bottle for the first time in a thousand years. Anything at all: Raise up castles, lay waste cities, program in Basic, or embroider in cross-stitch.