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“В моих снах мир оживал, становясь таким пленительно важным, вольным и воздушным, что потом мне уже бывало тесно дышать прахом нарисованной жизни.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Invitation to a Beheading

“HELENA. What a fine day! Not too hot. [A pause.]

VOITSKI. A fine day to hang oneself.”
― Anton Chekhov, Uncle Vanya

“To Grandma:
Once upon a time,
there was a boy who flew.”
― Chris Colfer, Struck By Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal

“What must human beings be, to destroy what they can never create?”
― Anton Chekhov, Uncle Vanya

“I’ve tried being other people and myself suits me the best.”
― Chris Colfer

“Keep reading books, but remember that a book’s only a book, and you should learn to think for yourself.”
― Maxim Gorky

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“Написанная мысль меньше давит, хотя иная – как раковая опухоль: выразишь, вырежешь, и опять нарастает хуже прежнего.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Invitation to a Beheading

“Measure me while I live - after it will be too late.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Invitation to a Beheading

“..when one has no real life, one lives by mirages. It's still better than nothing.”
― Anton Chekhov, Uncle Vanya