It was a matter of freedom. Like the difference between even the most talented swimmer and the laziest dolphin. (..) This wasn't just the difference between strength and weakness - it was the difference between a healthy person and an invalid. But ordinary people managed to live, didn't they? Because, after all, freedom was not the most important thing. Freedom was the excuse used by scoundrels and fools. When they said "freedom," they weren't thinking about other people's freedom, only about their own bondage.


//Sergei Lukyanenko, 2008, The Twilight Watch