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The Water Margin

by Shi Nai'an

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Oct 10, 2026 02:12AM

“But once, when she was singing his praises, her mother interrupted 'No, no, I've seen too many young people like that - both when I was a student in Petersburg and when I was in exile in Siberia. They just don't know how to reconcile love of humanity and love for an actual person.”
― Vasily Grossman, Stalingrad

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