This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.
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This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.
The individual's right to pursue his own vision of the best ration of pleasure to pain: utterly sacrosanct.
Listen to me, kid. Don't forget that you are in a concentration camp. In this place, it is every many for himself, and you cannot think of others. Not even you father. In this place, there is no such thing as father, brother, friend. Each of us lives and dies alone. Let me give you good advice: stop giving your ration of bread and soup to your old father. You cannot help him anymore. And you are hurting yourself. In fact, you should be getting his rations.
I'm always reading books-as many as there are. I ration myself on them so that I'll always be in supply.
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