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No, we have not destroyed it. Let it sit. We cannot change its fate.

— Vasily Grossman

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National Socialism had created a new type of political criminals: criminals who had not committed a crime.

Life and Fate (1959)

Our Soviet writer must be guided in his world only by the need of the people, useful for the society.

The more difficult a man's life had been before the camp, the more furiously he lied. This lie had no practical purpose; it served simply to glorify freedom. How could a man be unhappy outside the camp?

Life and Fate (1959)

It is impossible to publish your book, and it will not be published in the next 200 years.

We should not underestimate the harm it would bring should it be published.

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“Destiny,” said John. “The ghastliest word a man can speak.”

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