John Vanhara

“No computers?” Zhora asked in amazement, touring the house in search of where to establish himself. “My games I play live,” said Andrey Pavlovich”
― Andrey Kurkov, Penguin Lost

“I will begin with this: Do not roam among the haggard and the meek. Do not fight for scraps of food that are moist with stagnant rains. Do not enter the crucible of egoistic men who compete over dime and dollar. Rise, my student. And insist First upon the glory of Freedom. So that no arena can contain you. And no man can equal you. For your journey is unlike any other man in the field.”
― Kapil Gupta, A Master's Secret Whispers: For those who abhor the noise and seek The Truth about life and living

“Come get your apples! Chernobyl apples!’ Someone told her not to advertise that, no one will buy them. ‘Don’t worry!’ she says. ‘They buy them anyway. Some need them for their mother-in-law, some for their boss.”
― Svetlana Alexievich, Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

“Affirmative. A hard-and-fast rule in business is to never accept the first offer. Remember that, and you will never go wrong.”
― Haruki Murakami, Killing Commendatore