“This use of ordinary people as the principal characters was fairly rare in science fiction when the book came out, and even now the genre slips easily into elitism—superbrilliant minds, extraordinary talents, officers not crew, the corridors of power not… — Arkady Strugatsky Copy Share Image
“He stretched his huge hands toward her. She timidly reached for him and immediately shrank back. On his fingers … But it wasn’t blood—only… — Arkady Strugatsky Copy Share Image
“The hypothesis of God, for instance, gives an incomparably absolute opportunity to understand everything and know absolutely nothing. Give man an extremely simplified system of the world and explain every phenomenon away on the basis of that system. An approach like that doesn't require any knowledge. Just a few memorized formulas plus so-called intuition and so-called common sense.” — Arkady Strugatsky Copy Share
“Śmierć nie może człowieka tak okaleczyć, tylko życie to potrafi. Ono mnie też okaleczy i nic na to nie można poradzić. Nie trzeba się… — Arkady Strugatsky Copy Share Image
“a man who is well brought-up may read anything. The only people who boggle at what is perfectly natural are those who are the… — Arkady Strugatsky Copy Share Image
“This use of ordinary people as the principal characters was fairly rare in science fiction when the book came out, and even now the… — Arkady Strugatsky Copy Share Image
“If God undertakes to clean an outhouse, let him not believe that his hands will remain clean.” — Arkady Strugatsky Copy Share Image
“INTERVIEWER: You probably mean stalkers? DR. PILLMAN: I’m not familiar with the term. INTERVIEWER: That’s what the residents of Harmont call the desperate young… — Arkady Strugatsky Copy Share Image
“He gives me a look, and I see that he’s in no mood for jokes. He’s right—this is no joke. But when you’re leaving for the Zone, it’s one of two things: you start bawling, or you crack jokes—and I’m sure as hell not crying. I take a look at Kirill. He’s holding up OK, only mouthing something silently, as… — Arkady Strugatsky Copy Share
“Strange department, this. Their motto was: "The comprehension of Infinity requires infinite time." I did not argue with that, but then they derived an… — Arkady Strugatsky Copy Share Image
“You’re absolutely right. Our little town is a hole. It always has been and still is. But now it is a hole into the future. We’re going to dump so much through this hole into your lousy world that everything will change in it. Life will be different. It’ll be fair. Everyone will have everything that he needs. Some hole,… — Arkady Strugatsky Copy Share
“The problem is we don’t notice the years pass, he thought. Screw the years—we don’t notice things change. We know that things change, we’ve… — Arkady Strugatsky Copy Share Image
“HAPPINESS FOR EVERYBODY, FREE, AND NO ONE WILL GO AWAY UNSATISFIED!” — Arkady Strugatsky Copy Share Image
