Why Do People Have Memories?

Man And Fascism Cannot Co-exist. If Fascism Conquers, Man Will Cease To Exist And There Will Remain Only Man-like Creatures That Have Undergone An Internal Transformation. But If Man, Man Who Is Endowed With Reason And Kindness, Should Conquer, Then Fascism Must Perish, And Those Who Have Submitted To It Will Once Again Become People.

There Was Something Terrible, But Also Something Sad And Melancholy In This Long Cry Uttered By The Russian Infantry As They Staged An Attack. As It Crossed The Cold Water, It Lost Its Fervour. Instead Of Valour Or Gallantry, You Could Hear The Sadness Of A Soul Parting With Everything That It Loved, Calling On Its Nearest And Dearest To Wake Up, To Lift Their Head From Their Pillows And Hear For The Last Time The Voice Of A Father, A Husband, A Son Or A Brother...

Ivan Tells Anna: "i Used To Imagine That Being Embraced By A Woman . . . As Something So Wonderful That It Would Make Me Forget Everthing . . . [but] Happiness, It Turns Out, Will Be To Share With You The Burden I Can't Share With Anyone Else.

Good Men And Bad Men Alike Are Capable Of Weakness. The Difference Is Simply That A Bad Man Will Be Proud All His Life Of One Good Deed - While An Honest Man Is Hardly Aware Of His Good Acts, But Remembers A Single Sin For Years On End.

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.