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“it took great strength not to go mad.”

"Nowadays we take life for granted. It's hard to believe that only a few decades ago the regime could torture a young woman, crip-ple, starve and disfigure her beyond recognition, simply because she believed in God, simply because shed been labelled an enemy.”

“The Party needed children, future workers and soldiers, so abortion and contraception were banned. Not even our bodies belonged to us - the Party was lurking even inside our bodies.”