“A car's not the right place for showing off to a girl—the bed's the place for that. The consequences of a mistake there are more upsetting, but less tragic.”
― Sergei Lukyanenko, quote from The Last Watch
“Forgiving was the hardest thing. Sometimes forgiving was the hardest thing in the whole world.”
― Sergei Lukyanenko, quote from The Last Watch
“After all, inside every woman, no matter how grown up she is, there is still a frightened little girl.”
― Sergei Lukyanenko, quote from The Last Watch
“Haggis" is a brand of nappies.' I said. 'They're good, we used them for our daughter.'
'Haggis is a kind of food too,' said Semyon, shaking his head. 'Although as far as taste goes, there's probably not much difference.”
― Sergei Lukyanenko, quote from The Last Watch
“I can't see the line between deliberate intention and coincidence.”
― Sergei Lukyanenko, quote from The Last Watch
“He looked just perfect to play Dorian Gray in a film version of Oscar Wilde's novel. Young, graceful, and indecently fresh and handsome, he could easily have worn a badge that said READY FOR DEBAUCHERY!”
― Sergei Lukyanenko, quote from The Last Watch
“Это очень правильно — приезжать в чужой город под утро. На поезде, на самолёте — всё равно. День начинается будто с чистого листа.”
― Sergei Lukyanenko, quote from The Last Watch
“What kind of monster are you anyway? You should be more humane, Gennady!"
"I was humane when I was alive," said the vampire.”
― Sergei Lukyanenko, quote from The Last Watch
“Would any grown girl in Russia be frightened by a "room of horror"? Westerner's lives are too calm and peaceful, is makes them afraid of all sorts of nonsense...”
― Sergei Lukyanenko, quote from The Last Watch
“We'll get into the plane and you'll have a cup of coffee, even a sip of brandy is permissible. And you'll think. Think hard. So hard I can hear your brains creaking. And it will be very good if by the time we reach Edinburgh you already know how to get the Crown of All Things. Because we don't have any time to spare. Only twelve hours until the bomb goes off."
"You bastard," I said.
"No, I'm a highly effective personnel manager," Edgar said, with a smile.”
― Sergei Lukyanenko, quote from The Last Watch
“There is very much in the world that is bad. But usually the attempt to defeat evil engenders more evil. I advise you to do good; that is the only way to win the victory!”
― Sergei Lukyanenko, quote from The Last Watch
“In Russia a café like this would have been closed down in a moment. In Europe they would have put the owner in prison. In the USA the proprietor would have been hit with an absolutely massive fine. And in Japan the boss of an establishment like this would have committed seppuku out of a sense of shame.”
― Sergei Lukyanenko, quote from The Last Watch
“To kill the enemy is valorous. To condemn him to torment is infamous. To condemn him to eternal torment is eternal infamy.”
― Sergei Lukyanenko, quote from The Last Watch
“The Crown of All Things is here concealed. Only one step is left. But this is a legacy for the strong or the wise— Foma”
― Sergei Lukyanenko, quote from The Last Watch
“To put it simply, magic that is controlled by reason is more like a knife than a grenade launcher.”
― Sergei Lukyanenko, quote from The Last Watch
“Life in death and death in life. Could”
― Sergei Lukyanenko, quote from The Last Watch
“Every city has streets that were built under an unlucky star. And they don’t have to be located in the outskirts, either. Sometimes they run along beside gloomy factory buildings, sometimes along the railway lines or main highways, sometimes even beside a park or ravine that has survived through some oversight by the municipal authorities.”
― Sergei Lukyanenko, quote from The Last Watch
“That’s the paradox, people aren’t interested in reading about settling on Mars or flying to the stars—all the things that people really can achieve, but Others can’t. But they dream about becoming magicians, rushing into battle with a big sharp sword…. If only they knew what the wounds from a real sword look like!…What does all this mean? That a medieval world in which magic exists is the one most attractive to people!”
― Sergei Lukyanenko, quote from The Last Watch
“But usually the attempt to defeat evil engenders more evil. I advise you to do good; that is the only way to win the victory!” Alisher”
― Sergei Lukyanenko, quote from The Last Watch
“The hiding place is believed to contain the Crown of All Things,” said Lermont. “Sounds tempting, doesn’t it? But somehow I think that the Crown of All Things is really the End of All Things.” Semyon”
― Sergei Lukyanenko, quote from The Last Watch
“Until you become wiser, you won’t become more powerful. Until you become more powerful you won’t master higher magic. Until you master higher magic, you won’t go into places that are dangerous. Your situation is unique. You were affected by”—he frowned—“the”
― Sergei Lukyanenko, quote from The Last Watch
“By oppression’s woes and pains, By your sons in servile chains, We will drain our dearest veins But they shall be free! Robert”
― Sergei Lukyanenko, quote from The Last Watch
Sergei Lukyanenko
Born place: in Karatau, Kazakhstan
Born date April 11, 1968
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“believed he'd discovered sort of a forgotten link between Jesus and Augustus. Some truth that had been known to Constantine, but had been lost to the general public before — and since.”
― Kenneth Atchity, quote from The Messiah Matrix
“Husbands are not Christ. But they are called to be like him. And the specific point of likeness is the husband's readiness to suffer for his wife's good without threatening or abusing her. This includes suffering to protect her from any outside forces that would harm her, as well as suffering disappointments of abuses even from her. This kind of love is possible because Christ died for both husband and wife. Their sins are forgiven. Neither needs to make the other suffer for sins. Christ has borne that suffering. Now as two sinful and forgiven people we can return good for evil.”
― John Piper, quote from The Passion of Jesus Christ
“By embracing the “outcast,” Jesus underscored the “sinfulness” of the persons and systems that cast them out.”
― Miroslav Volf, quote from Exclusion & Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation
“That reminds me of when you used to call and see us before Christmas, the year before last. Somehow–somehow life was all dark and secret and beautiful then.”
― Winston Graham, quote from The Four Swans
“What would happen if you set me free?”
“I can’t,” he said, shaking his head. “Even if I had the key to those chains and let you go, Nero would beat the snot out of me.”
“Scratch that idea.”
He lifted his chin and disguised an emotion I couldn’t read. “You mean it?”
“No one takes a beating for me.”
For the first time, Finn was silent.
His jeans rustled as he stood up to leave. When he was out of sight, I heard him mumble to himself, “I wish I could give you a blanket.”
I loved that kid immediately.”
― Dannika Dark, quote from Twist
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