Ludwig Wittgenstein once said that names are the only things that exist in the world. Maybe that's true, but the problem is that as time passes by, names do not remain the same - even if they don't change. — Victor Pelevin Copy Share Image
There's a scientific hypothesis that every person's name is a primary suggestive command that contains the entire script of their life in highly concentrated form. . . . According to this point of view, there is only a limited number of names, because society only needs a limited number of human types. Just a few models of worker and warrior… — Victor Pelevin Copy Share
“Right in the centre was a tall bell tower of white stone, from which long ago some princess had leapt onto the stones below,… — Victor Pelevin Copy Share Image
“I think the first glimpse of my true personality was the moment when I realised I could aspire beyond the thin blue film of… — Victor Pelevin Copy Share Image
How can non-existence get sick of itself? Everytime you wake up, you appear again out of nowhere. And so does everything else. Death just… — Victor Pelevin Copy Share Image
“In itself a wall on which a panoramic view of a non-existent world is drawn does not change. But for a great deal of… — Victor Pelevin Copy Share Image
“Comrades in the struggle! The position of modern man is not merely lamentable; one might even say that there is no condition, because man… — Victor Pelevin Copy Share Image
I am closest of all to happiness—although I won’t attempt to define just what it is—when I turn away from the window and am… — Victor Pelevin Copy Share Image
“I and this entire world are nothing but a thought someone is thinking,” the bear said in a quiet voice.” — Victor Pelevin Copy Share Image
“My youthful dreams of the future were born from the gentle sadness of those evenings, far removed from the rest of life, when you… — Victor Pelevin Copy Share Image
There are no philosophical problems, there is only a suite of interconnected linguistic cul de sacs created by language's inability to reflect the truth. — Victor Pelevin Copy Share Image
“Of course, you don't turn into a shit just because you buy a Mercedes-600. It's the other way round: the reason you can afford… — Victor Pelevin Copy Share Image
“...what are they but the voice of history multiplied by millions of televisions?” — Victor Pelevin Copy Share Image
