SERGEI LUKYANENKO QUOTES III

Russian author (1968- )

Above all, translators must be native speakers. It's not because they speak the language better -- I understand that sometimes a foreigner can learn a language better than native speakers. It has more to do with having an intimate knowledge of the society for which the book is being translated.

SERGEI LUKYANENKO

interview, The Telegraph, October 5, 2012


Experience is primarily the ability to restrain our fleeting impulses.

SERGEI LUKYANENKO

Day Watch

Tags: experience


There is very much in the world that is bad. But usually the attempt to defeat evil engenders more evil. I advise you to do good; that is the only way to win the victory.

SERGEI LUKYANENKO

Last Watch


Life consists of nothing but exceptions.

SERGEI LUKYANENKO

Night Watch

Tags: life


Nobody can be forced to commit an act of villainy. You can't push anybody into the mud; people always step into it themselves.

SERGEI LUKYANENKO

Night Watch


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

SERGEI LUKYANENKO

New Watch

Tags: revolution


How easily the truth is lost, and how persistent lies are.

SERGEI LUKYANENKO

Night Watch


At home the very walls lend you strength.

SERGEI LUKYANENKO

New Watch

Tags: home