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• What was my truth worth, if I was prepared to defend the entire world, but not those who were close to me? If I subdued hate, but wouldn't give love a chance?

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  Hate, Giving, World

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• What an unfortunate instrument the guitar is! An instrument of such great nobility, a genuine monarch of music-- reduced to a pitiful lump of wood with six strings, constantly abused by people with no ear and no voice.

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  Guitar, Voice, People

  Sergei Lukyanenko, Vladimir Nikolaevich Vasilʹev (2007). “Day watch”, Miramax

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• And the simple people are trash. A herd of sheep that are good for shearing, but sometimes it's more profitable to slaughter them.

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  Simple, Sheep, People

  Sergei Lukyanenko, Vladimir Nikolaevich Vasilʹev (2007). “Day watch”, Miramax

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• Many years ago someone told me something that I flatly refused to accept. And I still don't accept it now, despite all the times I've seen it proved right. "The common good and the individual good rarely coincide..." Sure, I know, it's true. But some truths are probably worse than lies.

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  Lying, Years, Common

  Sergei Lukyanenko (2006). “Night Watch”, Miramax

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• 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.

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  Beautiful, Children, Crazy

  Sergei Lukyanenko (2006). “Night Watch”, Miramax

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• Forgiving was the hardest thing. Sometimes forgiving was the hardest thing in the whole world.

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  Forgiving, World, Sometimes

  Sergei Lukyanenko (2009). “Last Watch”, p.219, Hachette UK

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• When people got old, why did they always develop a passion for scrabbling in the earth? Were they trying to get used to it?

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  Passion, People, Trying

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• We're not given the chance to choose absolute truth. Truth's always two-faced. The only thing we have is the right to reject the lie we find most repugnant.

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  Lying, Two, Chance

  Sergei Lukyanenko (2006). “Night Watch”, Miramax

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• I suppose that literature as it is won't die, science fiction included. But games are becoming an extremely important part of the science fiction world, including games that are adapted from books (or vice versa: books that are adapted from games). It's wonderful to have the opportunity to play and see your favorite characters on the screen, but the opportunity to read a book does not become less attractive.

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  Book, Character, Opportunity

  "Watching The Watches: An Interview With Sergei Lukyanenko". Interview with Nicholas Seeley, strangehorizons.com. November 28, 2011.

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• Generally speaking, we can and should say everything. We just have to choose the right time, otherwise the truth can be worse than a lie.

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  Lying, Should, Right Time

  Sergei Lukyanenko (2006). “Night Watch”, Miramax

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

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  Letting Go, Fighting, Evil

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• Of course we got drunk!" Semyon said. "It's okay to get drunk, Anton. If you need to real bad. Only you have to get drunk on vodka. Cognac and wine—that's all for the heart." "So what's vodka for?" "For the soul. If it's hurting real bad

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  Hurt, Real, Heart

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• Drink your coffee, it clears out the brain in the morning

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  Morning, Coffee, Brain

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• Because love is also a power. A great power, and it should not be disdained.

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  Love Is, Should, Great Power

  Sergei Lukyanenko, Vladimir Nikolaevich Vasilʹev (2007). “Day watch”, Miramax

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• I get the same buzz cleaning up the yard as Leo Tolstoy did from scything hay.

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  Yards, Hay, Buzz

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• Love was something different. Love was pure delight, a fountain of emotions, sensual delights, and enjoying spending time together.

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  Sensual, Together, Different

  Sergei Lukyanenko, Vladimir Nikolaevich Vasilʹev (2007). “Day watch”, Miramax

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• Love is happiness, but only when you believe it will last forever. Even though every time it turns out to be a lie, it’s only faith that gives love its strength and its joy.

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  Lying, Believe, Love Is

  Sergei Lukyanenko (2006). “Night Watch”, Miramax

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