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This book has me thinking that I take freedom for granted. The book is about the daily lives of zeks (prisoners), free workers, prison guards, and Soviet officials in a sharashka (a special prison for scientists and engineers)that is located outside
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“All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful.”
― The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor
― The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor
“My wish for you... is that your skeptic-eclectic brain be flooded with the light of truth.”
― The First Circle
― The First Circle
“... skepticism can never provide firm ground under a man's feet. And perhaps, after all, we need firm ground.”
― The First Circle
― The First Circle
“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”
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