Maxim Chernykh

“— 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

“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

“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

“Goddamnit, I hate murder more than just about anything,” said Sheriff Red Jetty. “It can just ruin a day.”
― Percival Everett, The Trees