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Rodion knew the torment of thinking—he never stopped thinking…He had more ideas than he had words; he muddled, confused, and jumbled formulas and texts, never sure if it was Engels or Lenin who had said a certain thing, aghast and bewildered by it, discovering glimmers of light in it, tripping into its pitfalls, trying to grasp the mist.
— Feb 26, 2024 05:52AM
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Greg
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‘Once again the Georgian is about to repudiate his past deeds, and he needs victims in order to manoeuvre the Party. We would be quite dangerous if we existed in the political sense of the word.’
— Mar 01, 2024 05:42AM
Greg
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Orders, directives, even more imperious than orders, must be read over three times, seven times, until you know them by heart, until the blinding light of duty shines within you. Then you march straight ahead, and no doubts to undermine you, and the only risk is of pushing obedience too far, acting too much, striking too hard, which is always less dangerous than not enough…
— Feb 29, 2024 07:56AM
Greg
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What are they talking about with exaltation in their eyes? Whenever men’s voices start ringing and their eyes begin to shine, it ends in trouble.
— Feb 27, 2024 08:12AM
Greg
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Fill the jails with devoted men since everything is going to pieces. Start again from the beginning. And then? Then they’ll begin killing us off. They won’t make the mistake of letting us live in prison. Then what? Hold out anyway. Maybe a few will survive.
— Feb 25, 2024 06:31AM
