Book: Nemesis

- You shouldn't believe a word I say... All Gypsies lie.
- So, if I believe you, will, as in the Greek paradox about the liar?
- The judge himself. If all Gypsies lie, and I am a Gypsy, it turns out, is not true that all Gypsies lie. That is, I'm telling the truth - all Gypsies lie. Therefore lying to me. Logically a vicious circle from which it is impossible to get out.

[His] confidence was based solely on the fact that [he], fortunately for themselves, totally did not notice their own limitations.

[Christian ethics] forbids revenge. The paradox, of course, is that Christians believe in God, which in itself is a terrible avenger. If you do something against it, then you burn eternally in hell, and this retribution is disproportionate to the magnitude of sin.

You can't force kids to love what their parents love.

... Suicide is often in itself a revenge. To cause those who betrayed you, guilt.

- I'm a Gypsy. And in my world everything can be put upside the head. You know "God" like a Gypsy?
- No.
- Devel. Funny, isn't it?

... What chaos would come in the world, if people could read each other's minds.

Everyone feels the need to atone. <...> She is just as natural as the need to wash. Talking about harmony, inner balance, without which life is impossible. This is the balance we call morality.

To lose your life - that's not the worst thing that can happen to a person. The worst is to lose in the name of what you live.

As for stealing hearts, then all men are pathetic lovers. We can assume that it was conquered, like the commander, took the enemy fortress, but too late to notice - of course, if we notice at all - that we are lured into a trap.

Mental disorder does not equal stupidity. People with such disorder have no less and sometimes even greater agility in achieving its goal than we have, healthy. What distinguishes them from us is the goals themselves.

... Worse than unmet desires in life there is only one thing - the lack of any desire at all.

Everyone is asking the question, what is the meaning of life, and no one - what is the meaning of death.