Boris Akunin. Leviathan (№ 365031)

Perhaps my life will not change. I'll be the same as before, and vain, and foolish, and subject to passions. But deep in my soul now will always be valid knowledge. It will save me and support me in difficult times. I'm not a shallow puddle that can spill across the ground a strong gust of wind. I am the ocean, and the storm that swept all-destroying tsunami across my surface will not affect my innermost depths.