That's the way it goes sometimes: in order to help your friends, first you have to help your enemy. Better get used to it.

Love was something different. Love was pure delight, a fountain of emotions, sensual delights, and enjoying spending time together.

Of course we got drunk!" Semyon said. "It's okay to get drunk, Anton. If you need to real bad. Only you have to get drunk on vodka. Cognac and wine—that's all for the heart." "So what's vodka for?" "For the soul. If it's hurting real bad

We're not given the chance to choose absolute truth. Truth's always two-faced. The only thing we have is the right to reject the lie we find most repugnant.

I suppose that literature as it is won't die, science fiction included. But games are becoming an extremely important part of the science fiction world, including games that are adapted from books (or vice versa: books that are adapted from games). It's wonderful to have the opportunity to play and see your favorite characters on the screen, but the opportunity to read a book does not become less attractive.

There are far more reasons for death than there are for life.

If you have love in you, it's a strength. But if you are in love, it's a weakness.