110 Quotes by Sergei Lukyanenko

She had never liked people who spoke too familiarly upon first meeting. There ought to be a little bit more formality.

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

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

We are our own gods and our own demons.

The common good and the individual good rarely coincide. Sure, I know it’s true. But some truths are probably worse than lies.

If age teaches you anything, then one of its lessons is certainly not to hurry if you’re already late...

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

As she conceived it, tea had to be as black as tar and as strong as a sinner’s conscience. Or the other way around. As black as that conscience and as strong as tar. And sweet.

Loneliness, dejection, the contempt or pity of people around you – these are unpleasant feelings. But they are precisely the things that produce genuine Dark Ones.