Вероника Антонова

“It's certainly true that Chernobyl, while an accident in the sense that no one intentionally set it off, was also the deliberate product of a culture of cronyism, laziness, and a deep-seated indifference toward the general population. The literature on the subject is pretty unanimous in its opinion that the Soviet system had taken a poorly designed reactor and then staffed it with a group of incompetents. It then proceeded, as the interviews in this book attest, to lie about the disaster in the most criminal way. In the crucial first ten days, when the reactor core was burning and releasing a steady stream of highly radioactive material into the surrounding areas, the authorities repeatedly claimed that the situation was under control. . . In the week after the accident, while refusing to admit to the world that anything really serious had gone wrong, the Soviets poured thousands of men into the breach. . . The machines they brought broke down because of the radiation. The humans wouldn't break down until weeks or months later, at which point they'd die horribly.”
― Svetlana Alexievich, Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

“Хората вярваха на всяка написана дума, макар че никой не пишеше истината. Никой не я казваше. От една страна криеха, а от друга - не всичко разбираха. От генералния секретар до портиера.”
― Светлана Алексиевич, Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

“Леонардо научава, че в пропорциите има хармония и математиката е четката на природата.”
― Уолтър Айзъксън, Leonardo da Vinci

“Чувай: никой не може да знае какво става в две, между две живи човешки души. Освен двете души. Когато между тях лежи севда. Никой. Даже и двете души. Разбра ли? Защото само в севда душата на човека е истинска. Най-истинска. А истинското човек не разбира и у себе си, камо ли у другите.”
― Георги Божинов, Калуня-каля