It makes me happier, more secure, to think that I do not have to plan and manage everything for myself, that I am only a sword made sharp to smite the unclean forces, an enchanted sword to cleave and disperse them. Grant, O Lord, that I may not break as I strike! Let me not fall from Thy hand!
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynAnything too far out of tune with our attitude is lost, either in the ears themselves or somewhere beyond, but it is lost.
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynTo preserve his life, should a man pay everything that gives it color, scent and excitement?
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe secret is that when you've been pitched head first into hell you just write about it
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn