Quotes from the book «Город лестниц»

"Мы обращаемся к нашему прошлому, чтобы узнать, как пришли к настоящему."

The sort of people who intermittently review their children, she thinks, rather than raise them

Sigrud is a hammer in a world of nails, and he is satisfied knowing only that.

So if you’re losing the debate, you change the conversation.

When in doubt, be patient, and watch.

Coffee refreshes the body,” says Shara. “Tea refreshes the soul.

The political instinct might wear different clothes in different nations, but underneath the pomp and ceremony it's the same ugliness.

Envy the fire, for it is either going or not. Fires do not feel happy, sad, angry. They burn, or they do not burn.

Time renders all people and all things silent. And gods, it seems, are no exception.

Just because the nightmare you expected comes true, it doesn't make it any less terrifying.