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“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”
― Arthur C. Clarke

“The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.”
― Arthur C. Clarke

“Но всеки път, когато номерът приключваше, Сапожников все не можеше да се нарадва до насита, защото някъде на дъното оставаше една болезнена точка, подсказваща, че празникът ей сега ще свърши. И едва после, след много години Сапожников осъзна, че тази болезнена точка е мечта за някаква общност, комуна, всекидневен празник, когато всички хора са като едно топло семейство, където всеки помага на другия и никой заради това не те изопачава. Когато има не тълпа, а шествие и не самотност, а уединение.”
― Михаил Анчаров, Самшитовый лес

“– Тя казва, че си добро момче, но дефективно – рече Нюра.
– Коя е тя?
– Лида, библиотекарката. Тя още пее в хора. На фабриката. Ти бил ли си с жена?
– Как да съм бил?
– В леглото с жена бил ли си?
– Колко пъти – каза Сапожников. – Защо?
– Значи, не си бил – каза Нюра. – Утре аз съм нощна смяна, ела. Ще кажа на Лида да дойде да те нахрани.
– Нюра... Нюра?... Какво те прихваща?
– Че какво? Мене поне недей да лъжеш. Да не би да съм ти чужда? Утре, не дай боже, ще те убият и няма да знаеш нищо!
Откровен човек беше Нюра.”
― Михаил Анчаров, Самшитовый лес

“When will you learn that there isn't a word for everything?”
― Nicole Krauss, The History of Love

“... evil cannot be vanquished with a sword, and darkness cannot be defeated in battle but only by shining a bright enough light.”
― David Zindell, The Diamond Warriors

“You're something between a dream and a miracle.”
― Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“Do you realize that all great literature is all about what a bummer it is to be a human being? Isn't it such a relief to have somebody say that?”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., A Man Without a Country

“Sometimes you are aware when your great moments are happening, and sometimes they rise from the past. Perhaps it's the same with people.”
― James Salter, Burning the Days: Recollection

“It's a little embarrassing that after 45 years of research & study, the best advice I can give people is to be a little kinder to each other.”
― Aldous Huxley

“Just for the record, she still loves you. She wouldn't bother to torture you if she didn't. ”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Diary

“Everyone's in their own personal coma.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Diary

“You have endless ways you can commit suicide without dying dying.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Diary

“Angel says that rich people don't like to tolerate much. Money gives you permission to just walk away from everything that isn't pretty and perfect. You can't put up with anything less than lovely. You spend your life running, avoiding, escaping.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Diary

“you're doomed at being you.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Diary

“Do you hate people?”

“I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around.”
― Charles Bukowski, Barfly

“Beak, can you hold your own in what’s to come?'
A low murmuring reply: 'Yes sir. You’ll see. Everyone will because you’re all my friends and friends are important. The most important thing in the world. And I’ll show you.”
― Steven Erikson, Reaper's Gale

“He waited a moment, as they walked side by side through the camp, and then asked, 'Sir, if there's something we can't handle how do we handle it anyway?' She either grunted or laughed from the same place that grunts came from. 'Sawtooth wedges and keep going, Beak. Throw back whatever is thrown at us. Keep going, until. . .' 'Until what?' 'It's all right, Beak, to die alongside your comrades. It's all right. Do you understand me?' 'Yes sir, I do. It is all right, because they're my friends.' 'That's right, Beak.”
― Steven Erikson, Reaper's Gale

“The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret. [Fred. Free.]”
― Terry Pratchett, The Truth: Stage Adaptation

“For example, the dwarfs found out how to turn lead into gold by doing it the hard way. The difference between that and the easy way is that the hard way works.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Truth: Stage Adaptation

“What I needed was a connection with someone. Someone real. I felt that need in the marrow of my bones, in my pancreas, in my kneecaps. I did not need an endless sea of flesh. What I needed was to be loved.”
― Benedict Smith