SERGEI LUKYANENKO QUOTES III

Russian author (1968- )

Evil is a hydra with many heads, and the more of them you cut off, the more it grows! Hydras have to be starved to death, do you understand that? Kill a hundred Dark Ones, and a thousand more will take their place.

SERGEI LUKYANENKO

Night Watch

Tags: evil


When there are strange things going on all around, every coincidence should be considered very carefully.

SERGEI LUKYANENKO

New Watch


What if it turns out there really are witches and vampires and werewolves living right here alongside us? After all, what better disguise could there be than to get your image enshrined in the culture of the mass media? Anything that's described in artistic terms and shown in the movies stops being frightening and mysterious. For real horror you need the spoken word, you need an old grandpa sitting on a bench, scaring the grandkids in the evening.

SERGEI LUKYANENKO

Twilight Watch

Tags: vampires


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


Life consists of nothing but exceptions.

SERGEI LUKYANENKO

Night Watch

Tags: life


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