

“You should rejoice that you're in prison. Here you have time to think about your soul.”
― One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
― One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

“I think a lot about the poems I wasn't able to write...I masturbrated...Solitude is essentially a matter of pride; you bury yourself in your own scent. The issue is the same for all real poets. If you've been happy for too long, you become banal. By the same token, if you've been unhappy for a long time, you lose your poetic power...Happiness and poverty can only coexist for the briefest time. Afterword either happiness coarsens the poet or the poem is so true it destroys his happiness.”
― Snow
― Snow

“Work, he said, was a first-rate medicine for any illness.”
― One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich
― One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich
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