“Three thousand six hundred and fifty-three days. The three extra days were for leap years.” — Alexander Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
“All these institutions [prisons] seemed purposely invented for the production of depravity and vice, condensed to such a degree that no other… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“You don't have to be very bright to carry a handbarrow. So the squad leader gave such work to people who'd been… — Alexander Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
“That bowl of soup—it was dearer than freedom, dearer than life itself, past, present, and future.” — Alexander Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
“Freedom meant one thing to him—home. But they wouldn't let him go home.” — Alexander Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
“Shukhov gazed at the ceiling in silence. Now he didn't know whether he wanted freedom or not. At first he'd longed for… — Alexander Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
“Here a man can live. All right, it's a 'special' camp. So what? Does it bother you to wear a number? They… — Alexander Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
“Shukhov had figured it all out. If he didn't sign he'd be shot. If he signed he'd still get a chance to… — Alexander Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
“You put your back into the work. For unless you could manage to provide yourself with the means of warming up, you… — Alexander Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
