„A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.“

„Mr. Harley had the honour of being chosen speaker successively to three parliaments. <…> Yet, with all these virtues, it must be granted, there is some mixture of human infirmity. His greatest admirers must confess his skill at cards and dice to be very low and superficial: in horseracing he is utterly ignorant; then, to save a few millions to the publick, he never regards how many worthy citizens he hinders from making up their plumb.“

Джонатан Свифт (1667–1745) англо-ирландский писатель-сатирик, публицист, философ, поэт и общественный деятель

„To get a fresh judgment pronounced against you.“

Роджер Желязны (1937–1995) американский писатель-фантаст

„To be a poet is a condition, not a profession. Поэт — это состояние, а не профессия.“

Роберт Фрост (1874–1963) американский поэт

„Свобода не снизойдёт к народу, народ должен сам дорасти до Свободы. Liberty will not descend to a people, a people must raise themselves to Liberty.“

Emma Goldman (1868–1940) американская анархистка и феминистка еврейского происхождения, родом из Российской империи

„As one poet said: "A girl's heart - secret. To it conquer, must fuck everyone send".“

Максим Лапенко

„Always focus on your goal not only for success but to make your self a better person.“

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„What would be really interesting, and much more difficult, would be to try to find out why these crude efforts are so popular. That could not be done in a vacuum — the critic would have to examine published responses to the work, talk to readers, perhaps even interview the author. I left a similar job undone when I wrote my essay on van Vogt in the forties. Van Vogt has just revealed, for the first time as far as I know, that during this period he made a practice of dreaming about his stories and waking himself up every ninety minutes to take notes. This explains a good deal about the stories, and suggests that it is really useless to attack them by conventional standards. If the stories have a dream consistency which affects readers powerfully, it is probably irrelevant that they lack ordinary consistency.“

Деймон Найт (1922–2002) американский писатель-фантаст, редактор и критик НФ

„What would be really interesting, and much more difficult, would be to try to find out why these crude efforts are so popular. That could not be done in a vacuum — the critic would have to examine published responses to the work, talk to readers, perhaps even interview the author. I left a similar job undone when I wrote my essay on van Vogt in the forties. Van Vogt has just revealed, for the first time as far as I know, that during this period he made a practice of dreaming about his stories and waking himself up every ninety minutes to take notes. This explains a good deal about the stories, and suggests that it is really useless to attack them by conventional standards. If the stories have a dream consistency which affects readers powerfully, it is probably irrelevant that they lack ordinary consistency.“

Альфред ван Вогт (1912–2000) американский писатель-фантаст

„«Уважительные размышления английского церковника о религии и правительстве» (The Sentiments of a Church of England Man with Respect to Religion and Government), 1708“

Джонатан Свифт (1667–1745) англо-ирландский писатель-сатирик, публицист, философ, поэт и общественный деятель