Sergei DovlatovThinkers

Genius is an immortal version of an ordinary human being.

Hatred's opposite is truth.

Humor is the inversion of life, the inversion of common sense, the smile of reason.

Love's opposite is not disgust, nor even indifference. It is lies. Accordingly, the opposite of hatred is truth.

Talent is like lust: hard to conceal and even harder to stimulate.

Tourism is the vital function of the idle.