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“I know only one thing. when i sleep, i know no fear, no, trouble no bliss. blessing on him who invented sleep. the common coin that purchases all things, the balance that levels shepherd and king, fool and wise man. there is only one bad thing about sound sleep. they say it closely resembles death.”
― Andrei Tarkovsky, Solaris

“How do you expect to communicate with the ocean, when you can’t even understand one another?”
― Stanisław Lem, Solaris

“But what am I going to see?

I don't know. In a certain sense, it depends on you.”
― Stanislaw Lem, Solaris

“ცოდნა ადამიანს ათავისუფლებს, მაგრამ აუბედურებს კიდეც”
― Erich Maria Remarque, Three Comrades

“A man is courageous
only when he is also afraid.”
― Erich Maria Remarque, Three Comrades

“Human beings are a much worse poison than schnapps or tobacco".”
― Erich Maria Remarque, Three Comrades

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
― George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman

“Life is a constant process of dying.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer

“It takes billions of years to create a human being. And it takes only a few seconds to die.”
― Jostein Gaarder, Maya

“A bird is safe in its nest - but that is not what its wings are made for.”
― Amit Ray, World Peace: The Voice of a Mountain Bird

“Stay low, stay quiet, keep it simple, don't expect too much, enjoy what you have.”
― Dean Koontz

“Nothing is as it seems, but something is everything it is made out to be.”
― Carroll Bryant

“When people say they hate life, to what are they comparing it to? The alternative isn't any more appealing.”
― Carroll Bryant

“Everything will turn out right, the world is built on that.”
― Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

“You should never ask anyone for anything. Never- and especially from those who are more powerful than yourself.”
― Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

“manuscripts don't burn" - "(рукописи не горят)”
― Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

“Я тебе сказку расскажу. Была на свете одна тетя. И у неё не было детей и счастья вообще тоже не было. И вот она сперва долго плакала, а потом стала злая.”
― Mikhail Bulgakov

“Тот, кто ещё недавно полагал, что он чем-то управляет, оказывается вдруг лежащим неподвижно в деревянном ящике, и окружающие, понимая, что толку от лежащего нет более никакого, сжигают его в печи.”
― Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

“Что бы делало твое добро, если бы не существовало зла, и как бы выглядела земля, если бы с нее исчезли тени?”
― Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

“I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.”
― Bruce Lee

“You are most powerful when you are most silent. People never expect silence. They expect words, motion, defense, offense, back and forth. They expect to leap into the fray. They are ready, fists up, words hanging leaping from their mouths. Silence? No.”
― Alison McGhee, All Rivers Flow to the Sea