“Faith encompasses so much more than a denomination!”
“Нам потрібно вижити, бо ми маємо побачити майбутнє. Нам потрібно побачити майбутнє за всіх, хто цього зробити не зміг.”
Source: Емоційні гойдалки війни. Роздуми психотерапевта про війну
“War not only takes lives but also
the hope, positivity, and innocence of the survivors”
Source: The Life of Tolka
“Propaganda only works when you get totally disconnected from real people and get connected to the screen. When you get to know real people, propaganda doesn’t stand a chance. It’s simply impossible to believe that everyone hates you when you see evidence to the contrary every day.”
Source: The New Exodus: Escaping Putin's War
“When...there are explosions, you understand that your life is simply...not worth anything.”
Source: 83 Days in Mariupol: A War Diary: A Graphic Novel
“By the standards of war, Maria was a useless human being. They didn’t need bookkeepers or painters of pimpled faces at the front. Sometimes Maria would convince herself that making people beautiful for their burial was something, but what burials will there be if nuclear winter destroys everyone made-up or not very? How will anyone be buried if the whole Earth becomes one mass grave, and beauty is forgotten, an impossibility?”
Source: Cecil the Lion Had to Die
“Завтра все буде інакше, завтра все буде, як завжди, буде, як раніше: розмірені дні, вдома, де кожен займається своїм, де все на своїх місцях, де немає нічого зайвого й непотрібного. Ранки, наповнені хатніми клопотами, робота, до якої звикаєш, як до одягу: не тисне, не заважає, носиться, доки носиться. Тихі вечори, темні ночі. Стільки в усьому цьому, виявляється, втіхи, стільки тепла. Варто було потрапити сюди, в середину пекла, аби відчути, як багато ти мав і як багато втратив.”
Source: Інтернат
“I have a writer's imagination, so I would just imagine the horrors happening anyway. It's like when something happens to someone you love and you imagine them in hospital, but when you get there you see that this person is hurt but they'e alive, and it's easier. Well, it's the same with the cities and villages.”
“the truth is on your side, but it’s your buried side”
“war kills with the hands of the indifferent
and even the hands of the sympathizers”
“someday you’ll dig me up in a slab of coal
and you won’t even know what I’m burning about”
“citing anthracite”
“– But keeping such large troop formations idle here, while the enemy can outflank us from the right, is extremely dangerous!”
Context note: Rigid command structures in the Red Army and a fear of initiative often led to catastrophic delays and encirclements in the early years of the war. In this case, the military leader is frustrated by the impossibility of implementing an obvious solution.”
Source: Камінь. Біографічний роман. Книга друга. Непрості дороги до пекла: Виживання в умовах насильства.