Maxim Chernykh

“Even on the sad days, when you have to process young children or those leaving lovers behind, you come to realise that every death is significant, even when every life appears not to be.”
― Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

“Have you ever noticed,” Rosalie asks, “that the coloreds are always singing of the coming glory and the Irish are always singing of the glory lost?”
― Karen Joy Fowler, Booth

“There are good reasons humans can’t converse with animals, except after death. Because animals wouldn’t stop complaining. And that would make them harder to slaughter.”
― Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

“— Ты ранил меня, и это подло, — сказала сорока, помолчав. — Наверняка я умру. Но прежде чем умереть, я хочу прочесть стихотворение. — Стихотворение? — Да, — с грустью промолвила сорока. — Поэзия — единственная моя отрада.”
― Dino Buzzati, Il segreto del Bosco Vecchio