Mike Oram

“In great hearts the cruelty of life gives birth to good.”
― Vasily Grossman, Life and Fate

“Perhaps it is a very good thing that we cannot wholly rule our minds and that they force on us ideas and images which we would ignobly prefer to dismiss; thus truth makes its way in spite of egotism and unconsciousness.”
― Victor Serge, The Case of Comrade Tulayev

“... after all, there is such a thing as truth.”
― Victor Serge, The Case of Comrade Tulayev

“And the greatest tragedy of our age is we don't listen to our consciences. We don't say what we think. We feel one thing and do another.”
― Vasily Grossman, Life and Fate