110 Quotes by Sergei Lukyanenko

A writer who wants to be translated and published abroad faces a very difficult challenge: first of all, he must make sure that his book is cosmopolitan in the best sense of the word, that it is interesting to a global audience. Nobody is going to read about problems that they don’t care about.

Ill-considered but well-intentioned actions do more good that actions that are well-considered but cruel.

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.

At home the very walls lend you strength.

Experience is primarily the ability to restrain our fleeting impulses.

The land preserves clues for a long time, but the sea has a short memory.

An introverted, bookish child, with a mass of complexes and her head full of crazy ideals and a childish faith in the beautiful prince who was searching for and would surely find her.

There is no abstract Evil; you have to understand that! Its roots are here, all around us, in this herd that goes on chewing and having a good time only an hour after a murder!

This one swears like a trooper – he’s a bad boy.