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“When a man is in despair, it means that he still believes in something.”
― Dmitri Shostakovich

“When I hear about someone else's pain, I feel pain too. i feel pain for everything - for people and animals.”
― Dmitri Shostakovich, Testimony: The Memoirs

“It makes you think the best way to hold on to something is to pay no attention to it. The things you love too much must perish. You have to treat everything with irony, especially the things you hold dear. There's more of a chance then that they'll survive.”
― Dmitri Shostakovich, Testimony: The Memoirs

“I do not wish to listen to people denouncing their parents.”
― Dmitri Shostakovich, Testimony: The Memoirs