“Beat a dog once and you only have to show him the whip.”
― One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
― One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”
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“But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.”
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“Prayers are like those appeals of ours. Either they don't get through or they're returned with 'rejected' scrawled across 'em.”
― One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
― One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
“What would it be like if I had something to defend - a home, a country, a family - and I found myself attacked by these ghostly men, these trusting boys? How do you fight an enemy who fights with neither enmity nor anger but in submission to orders from superiors, without protest and without conscience?”
― The Glass Palace
― The Glass Palace
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