Remember what it says in Matthew: And false prophets shall abound, and they shall deceive many’” “And from the multiplication of lawlessness, love shall grow cold in many,” said Pelagia, continuing the apostolic citation. Dolinin started and gave the nun a strange look, as if he had just heard those words for the first time, or perhaps had never really thought about their meaning before.

The titular counselor buttoned up his collar and replied seriously: “If you live in a state, you should either ch-cherish it or leave it – anything else is either parasitism or mere lackeys’ gossip.

God has no need of cold people.

It is a well-known fact that the farther one travels from the capital, the nearer one approaches to God.

After all, what is sin? It is an action through which a person betrays his dignity.

As they say, out with one eye for remembering the past, but if you forget, out with both. And.

She can’t go into public care,” he explained. “She’d pine away. The poor simpleton is far too used to me.” That was when Fandorin really astounded him. “I envy you,” he said, sighing. “You’re a fortunate man, Tulipov. At such a young age you already have reason to respect yourself – something you can be proud of. The Lord has given you a firm center for the whole of your life.

Yakov Mikhailovich, as we have already said, believed fervently in the power of the human intellect. There are no insoluble problems, only incompetent problem solvers.

Any man was likely to take it amiss if his name were remembered incorrectly, and there was absolutely no point in offending his subordinates unnecessarily.

I read somewhere that it’s called American roulette. It was invented in America, in the goldfields. You put a single shot in the cylinder, give it a twirl, and then – bang! If you’re lucky you break the bank; if not, then it’s good-bye.