Shall I describe the happiness it gave me to go into the classroom and pick up the chalk? ... It seemed to me the supreme, heartbreaking happiness to enter a classroom carrying a register as that bell rang, and start a lesson with the mysterious air of one about to unfold wonders.
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynIf one is a professional soldier, it is part of one's job to die sooner or later.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn