Books Quote by Arkady Strugatsky

“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

“The hypothesis of God, for instance, gives an incomparably absolute opportunity to understand everything and know absolutely nothing. Give man an extremely simplified system…

— Arkady Strugatsky

“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

“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

“If God undertakes to clean an outhouse, let him not believe that his hands will remain clean.”

— Arkady Strugatsky

“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

“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…

— Arkady Strugatsky

“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

“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…

— Arkady Strugatsky

“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

“HAPPINESS FOR EVERYBODY, FREE, AND NO ONE WILL GO AWAY UNSATISFIED!”

— Arkady Strugatsky

“A może w tym świecie w ogóle nie można inaczej i żeby dokonać czegoś pożytecznego trzeba najpierw robić rzeczy idiotyczne?”

— Arkady Strugatsky