you must not, under any circumstances, allow yourself to hate. Not because your tormentors have not earned it. But if you allow hatred to take root, it would flourish and spread during your years in the camps, driving out everything else, and ultimately corrode and warp your soul. You will no longer be yourself, your identity will be destroyed, all that will remain will be a hysterical, maddened and bedevilled husk of the human being that once was.
you must not, under any circumstances, allow yourself to hate. Not because your tormentors have not earned it. But if you allow hatred to take root, … - Irina Ratushinskaya
you must not, under any circumstances, allow yourself to hate. Not because your tormentors have not earned it. But if you allow hatred to take root, …
- Irina Ratushinskaya
Russian literature saved my soul. When I was a young girl in school and I asked what is good and what is evil, no one in that corrupt system could s… - Irina Ratushinskaya
Russian literature saved my soul. When I was a young girl in school and I asked what is good and what is evil, no one in that corrupt system could s…
The calendar? A mere convention. - Irina Ratushinskaya
The calendar? A mere convention.
All this [Soviet labor camp for political prisoners] brings about one marked change in your physical appearance; by the end of your first year, you w… - Irina Ratushinskaya
All this [Soviet labor camp for political prisoners] brings about one marked change in your physical appearance; by the end of your first year, you w…
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