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“Nevar ienīst dzimteni. Tam vienas dvēseles par maz.
Bet nodot - to gan var. Tur dvēsele nav vajadzīga.”
― Mór Jókai, A kőszívű ember fiai

“When I'd started to play organized hockey as a six-year-old, I quickly realized those who are asked to play goalie often quit the sport, and those who choose to play goalie are stuck there forever and are a little bit crazy. Ask anyone who plays hockey, and they'll tell you this, even the goalies themselves. Was it being a goalie that made you crazy, or did only crazy people want the job? It hurt more to lose than it felt good to win, and a goalie is fueled by the avoidance of pain.

There's no glory in stopping a shot - it's just your job.”
― Lewis Robinson, The Islanders

“What happened is what Putin says happened," she insisted.

"Putin doesn't lie.”
― Andrey Kurkov, Grey Bees

“The detective turned and fixed his eyes on an icon of the Mother of God that hung on the wall.

Sergeyich swallowed nervously. He too looked at the icon, then shifted his gaze to a portrait of the Russian president, which hung to the right of it.”
― Andrey Kurkov, Grey Bees