No, we have not destroyed it. Let it sit. We cannot change its fate. - Vasily Grossman

Our Soviet writer must be guided in his world only by the need of the people, useful for the society.

We should not underestimate the harm it would bring should it be published.

The more difficult a man's life had been before the camp, the more furiously he lied. This lie had no practical purpose; it served simply to glorify freedom. How could a man be unhappy outside the camp?