“...you are strong only as long as you don't deprive people of everything . For a person you've taken everything from is… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
“My blissful childhood was shattered without warning when I was about ten years old. One day, my father told me that he… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If bones could freeze, then the brain could also be dulled and the soul could freeze over. And the soul shuddered and… — Varlam Shalamov Copy Share Image
“To outsmart you they thought up work squads—but not squads like the ones outside the camps, where everyone is paid his separate… — Alexander Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
“And this man, who during three long decades had not once remembered that the world contains lilac bushes - and pansies, sandy… — Vasily Grossman Copy Share Image
“When our life crackles and sparks like a torch, we curse the necessity of spending eight hours uselessly in sleep. When we… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
“Totalitarianism is not only hell, but all the dream of paradise-- the age-old dream of a world where everybody would live in… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“But it is impossible to picture any of our interrogators, right up to Abakumov and Beria , wanting to slip into prisoner's… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
“Operational inquiry has established that Danylo Shablia assisted in the espionage activities of his son, Peter Shablia, helping him organize an anti-Soviet… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You know I won’t take a chance with your lives…” Ethan replied. “You’re the future of the Fortner family.” He smiled and… — C.G. Faulkner Copy Share Image
“Sveta had much less to say, but she sat with Lev and held his hand, and when I asked her what had… — Orlando Figes Copy Share Image
“A volley thundered — and the prisoner kneeling beside Peter collapsed lifelessly into the dirt. Three more men fell elsewhere along the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
