Nobody can be forced to commit an act of villainy. You can't push anybody into the mud; people always step into it themselves.
Sergei LukyanenkoIf age teaches you anything, then one of its lessons is certainly not to hurry if you're already late.
Sergei LukyanenkoThis was how you wound up in the Inquisition. When you stopped being able to see any difference between Light Ones and Dark Ones. When for you, people weren't even a flock of sheep, but just a handful of spiders in a glass jar. When you stopped believing in the future, and all you wanted to do was preserve the status quo. For yourself. For those few individuals who were still dear to you.
Sergei Lukyanenko