"Indeed, being a beginner is very difficult right now. Book publishers are in a crisis, sales are dwindling, and publishing houses are losing money, doing their best to survive. It's a sign of the times, the emergence of new kinds of entertainment -- there's nothing we can do about it. I don't think books will perish for good. They could become less widespread, though, falling even further behind movies and computer games. But we shouldn't be afraid of this, because books will always remain the entertainment of choice for intelligent people, of whom there are still many in this world."

-- Sergei Lukyanenko

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“I'll give anything for a good copy now, be it true or false, so it be news.”
“Every rebellion which is not in its own nature self-destructive, is an expression of the divine spirit.”

Source : Paul Carus (2013). “History of the Devil”, p.449, Lulu Press, Inc
“We all learn by experience, and your lesson this time is that you should never lose sight of the alternative. Sherlock Holmes speaking with Dr. Watson.”
“Every function in the child's cultural development appears twice: first, on the social level, and later, on the individual level; first, between people (interpsychological) and then inside the child (intrapsychological). This applies equally to voluntary attention, to logical memory, and to the formation of concepts. All the higher functions originate as actual relationships between individuals.”
“A lot of comedies are based on the reaction shot. You have one person doing something stupid and one person is generally the straight man, and the laughs generally come on the reaction of the straight man to the funny thing the other person has done.”

Source : Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. June 3, 2011.
“Fate is what Heaven imparts.”
“Long visits don't make for good friends.”

Source : J. M. Coetzee (1999). “Disgrâce”, Random House (UK)
“Taub Therapy gives patients hope that they can recapture the life they had before suffering a stroke or TBI.”

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