Assassin of Reality Quotes

“How does one formulate the order “Do not be afraid” without the negative particle “not”? “Be brave,” Sasha whispered.”
― Marina Dyachenko, Assassin of Reality

“Some errors you cannot correct, you can only learn from them.”
― Marina Dyachenko, Assassin of Reality

“To live is to be vulnerable. A thin membrane of a soap bubble separates one from impenetrable hell. Ice on the road. The unlucky division of an aging cell. A child picks up a pill from the floor. Words stick to each other, line up, obedient to the great harmony of Speech.”
― Marina Dyachenko, Assassin of Reality

“Lisa threw herself toward the whiteboard like someone dying of thirst running toward a spring and began to weave an intricate lace with a blue marker. Her movements looked feverish as if the lines burned her from the inside and she had to get rid of them immediately. It was a frenzied, animalistic, not particularly attractive but mesmerizing spectacle. Under the tip of Lisa’s marker, dissonance replaced harmony, morphing into decay, and within the decay, harmony arose anew.”
― Marina Dyachenko, Assassin of Reality

“Metaphors are not my strong suit,” he said with a slight shrug. “Metaphors are entertaining, sure, but I have to admit, sometimes they dilute the meaning.”
― Marina Dyachenko, Assassin of Reality