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384 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 2017
“I understand,” Helmut nodded, “I am a bad man.”
“It depends.” The conductor shrugged his shoulders, “A spy, in principle, can’t be a good man, isn’t it so? On the other hand, who is ‘a good man’? Is he the one who never lies? But everybody lies. And your profession implies not just lying but living a lie. But nonetheless you’ve chosen this vocation. Once, long time ago, you lied and you enjoyed lying.”
Yes, it is a pit. It is hell, an abyss, an underworld. Yes, hell and paradise are real, and persons, who have suffered the most powerful emotional shocks, will confirm this. Hell and paradise are within us – they are the extreme opposite degrees of our psychological state.