Sofie

“No artist has painted
A true portrait of Lenin
Ages to come will complete
Lenin's unfinished portrait.

Did Poletaev understand the tragic implication of his lines about Lenin?”
― Vasily Grossman, Forever Flowing

“They died crying in their minds like little babies. They forgot the thing they were fighting for the thing they were dying for. They thought about things a man can understand. They died yearning for the face of a friend. They died whimpering for the voice of a mother a father a wife a child. They died with their hearts sick for one more look at the place where they were born please god just one more look. They died moaning and sighing for life. They knew what was important. They knew that life was everything and they died with screams and sobs. They died with only one thought in their minds and that was I want to live I want to live I want to live.”
― Dalton Trumbo, Johnny Got His Gun

“The reason life is so strange is that so often people have no choice,”
― William Maxwell, So Long, See You Tomorrow

“We have so much to say, and we shall never say it.”
― Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front