When leaders betray their people and the people don't overthrow them, it's not just the leaders who should be blamed.

That's the hardest thing of all--never to become cynical, never to lose faith, never to become indifferent.

Why was is that the Light acted through lies, and the Darkness acted though the truth? Why was is that our truth proved powerless, but lies were effective? And why was the Darkness able to manage perfectly well with truth in order to do Evil?

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.

Above all, translators must be native speakers. It’s not because they speak the language better – I understand that sometimes a foreigner can learn a language better than native speakers. It has more to do with intimate knowledge of the society for which the book is being translated.

Evil has no need to bother with eliminating Good. It's far simpler to let Good fight against itself.

The only thing that restrains you is fear, Anton Gorodetsky. For yourself, or for people - that's not important. But we are restrained by horror. And that is why we observe the Treaty.