“A man lives his life only when he is marching, i thought, when he keeps marching onwards at any price. When he stops marching onwards, he decays. The joy of life is the joy of the experience that comes from… — Jan Valtin Copy Share Image
“I would not have shied away from an assignment to sail a canoe around Cape Horn or to take charge of the government of… — Jan Valtin Copy Share Image
“The hours slipped by, and the men and the girls talked and talked as only communists of that wild and irresponsible period could talk when they were omong themselves. They were as preoccupied with their own importance and their revolutionairy tasks as children are with new and engrossing toys. I listened as if under a spell. After all, compared with… — Jan Valtin Copy Share
“A man lives his life only when he is marching, i thought, when he keeps marching onwards at any price. When he stops marching… — Jan Valtin Copy Share Image
“We find that a high plane of sustained horror is often convenient for reasons of state." — Inspector Kraus (Gestapo)” — Jan Valtin Copy Share Image
“We were the unflinching prisoners of a grandiose make-believe, we who looked upon ourselves as heard-headed materialists. We dismissed the distress of today, the… — Jan Valtin Copy Share Image
“Prisons are built to break men, and when men are broken society has consummated its revenge” — Jan Valtin Copy Share Image
“Break the character and independence of your man and you will have an obedient trooper.” — Jan Valtin Copy Share Image
