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Vasily Grossman quotes: He was dimly aware that if you wish to remain a human being under Fascism, there is an easier option than survival death.

He was dimly aware that if you wish to remain a human being under Fascism, there is an easier option than survival
death.

Vasily Grossman quotes: I have written only what I have thought through, felt through and suffered through.

I have written only what I have thought through, felt through and suffered through.

Vasily Grossman quotes: The world of the human soul suddenly seemed so vast as to make even the raging war seen insignificant.

The world of the human soul suddenly seemed so vast as to make even the raging war seen insignificant.

Vasily Grossman quotes: I've realized now that hope almost never goes together with reason. It's something quite irrational and instinctive.

I've realized now that hope almost never goes together with reason. It's something quite irrational and instinctive.

Vasily Grossman quotes: The country had seen mighty tractors and skyscrapers...There was only one thing Russia had not seen during this thousand years: freedom.

The country had seen mighty tractors and skyscrapers...There was only one thing Russia had not seen during this thousand years: freedom.

Vasily Grossman quotes: There's nothing more difficult than saying goodbye to a house where you've suffered.

There's nothing more difficult than saying goodbye to a house where you've suffered.

Vasily Grossman quotes: In the blank wall of the world's indifference there had appeared a tiny snakelike fissure

In the blank wall of the world's indifference there had appeared a tiny snakelike fissure

Vasily Grossman quotes: He was endowed with the extraordinary powers of endurance characteristic of madmen and simpletons.

He was endowed with the extraordinary powers of endurance characteristic of madmen and simpletons.

Vasily Grossman quotes: Why do people have memories? It would be easier to die - anything to stop remembering.

Why do people have memories? It would be easier to die - anything to stop remembering.

Vasily Grossman quotes: Freedom is the direct opposite of necessity; freedom is necessity overcome.

Freedom is the direct opposite of necessity; freedom is necessity overcome.

Vasily Grossman quotes: The longer a nation's history, the more wars, invasions, wanderings, and periods of captivity it has seen-the greater the diversity of its faces.

The longer a nation's history, the more wars, invasions, wanderings, and periods of captivity it has seen-the greater the diversity of its faces.

Vasily Grossman quotes: And the greatest tragedy of our age is we don't listen to our consciences. We don't say what we think. We feel one thing and do another.

And the greatest tragedy of our age is we don't listen to our consciences. We don't say what we think. We feel one thing and do another.

Vasily Grossman quotes: In great hearts the cruelty of life gives birth to good.

In great hearts the cruelty of life gives birth to good.

Vasily Grossman quotes: Everyone feels guilty before a mother who has lost her son in a war; throughout human history men have tried in vain to justify themselves.

Everyone feels guilty before a mother who has lost her son in a war; throughout human history men have tried in vain to justify themselves.

Vasily Grossman quotes: I don't believe in your "Good". I believe in human kindness.

I don't believe in your "Good". I believe in human kindness.

Vasily Grossman quotes: Yes, everything flows, everything changes, it's impossible to step twice into the same transport.

Yes, everything flows, everything changes, it's impossible to step twice into the same transport.

Vasily Grossman quotes: At war a Russian man puts on a white shirt. He may live in sin, but he dies like a saint.

At war a Russian man puts on a white shirt. He may live in sin, but he dies like a saint.

Vasily Grossman quotes: I don't want you to be young and beautiful. I only want one thing. I want you to be kind-hearted - and not just towards cats and dogs.

I don't want you to be young and beautiful. I only want one thing. I want you to be kind-hearted - and not just towards cats and dogs.

Vasily Grossman quotes: Humanity will live as long as there are humans.

Humanity will live as long as there are humans.

Vasily Grossman quotes: The law fights against life, and life fights against the law.

The law fights against life, and life fights against the law.

Vasily Grossman quotes: Fascism will perish for the very reason that it has applied to man the laws applicable to atoms and cobblestones!

Fascism will perish for the very reason that it has applied to man the laws applicable to atoms and cobblestones!