Alexander Semenyuk > Alexander's Quotes

“God’s plans for me are greater than my dreams”
― Alexander Semenyuk

“I don’t know, Kasp. It all…brought pain into my soul, into my heart. I’m not sure it changed me, but it made me understand the world better.”

Kasp slapped the table. “That is change, my friend. Revelations of reality. Revelations of cruelty and suffering.”
― Alexander Semenyuk, Paradise Harbour

“Terrible events change us.”

“Any! Any events change us! There are good, bad, and in between, but every event changes us, at least a little bit.”
― Alexander Semenyuk, Paradise Harbour

“Pierre came back to the present moment. There were tears in his eyes. He slowly wiped them and watched himself in the mirror. “Sometimes we think what we are doing is noble, but to someone else, it’s a terror,” he whispered, wryly.”
― Alexander Semenyuk, A Peaceful Town

“However, knowing something is good and doing that good thing were two very different endeavors.”
― Alexander Semenyuk, The Serpent of New Orleans

“Writing is not something you can know, it’s something you can experience.”
― Alexander Semenyuk

“Often it is the silence of the good that becomes the most devious thing.”
― Alexander Semenyuk

“Love… it was the one thing that could reach throughout the universe, perhaps forever.”
The Illuminated”
― Alexander Semenyuk, The Illuminated

“If your only goal is to survive, you’ll die.
You need more.”
The Illuminated”
― Alexander Semenyuk, The Illuminated

“What was the point of “smart” technology if humans themselves had gotten so dumb as to cause all of this, their own end?”
― Alexander Semenyuk, The Illuminated

“Pain and pleasure are like an inseparable brother and sister, forever holding hands.”
― Alexander Semenyuk

“Things that make little sense often rule over us.”
― Alexander Semenyuk, The Illuminated