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“Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.”
― The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
― The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
“I have hunger for your mouth, for your voice, for your hair”
― 100 Love Sonnets
― 100 Love Sonnets
“What is freedom as a human experience? Is the desire for freedom something inherent in human nature? Is it an identical experience regardless of what kind of culture a person lives in, or is it something different according to the degree of individualism reached in a particular society? Is freedom only the absence of external pressure or is it also the presence of something—and if so, of what? What are the social and economic factors in society that make for the striving for freedom? Can freedom become a burden, too heavy for man to bear, something he tries to escape from? Why then is it that freedom is for many a cherished goal and for others a threat?”
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“Yes, I need you, my fairy-tale. Because you are the only person I can talk with about the shade of a cloud, about the song of a thought — and about how, when I went out to work today and looked a tall sunflower in the face, it smiled at me with all of its seeds.”
― Letters to Vera
― Letters to Vera
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