If they don't think, people act senselessly.

Quote by Andrei Platonov

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I have a trend of my own.

I have a trend of my own.

The working class is my home country, and my future is linked with the proletariat.

The working class is my home country, and my future is linked with the proletariat.

We hate our squalor.

We hate our squalor.

Happiness will come from materialism, not from meaning.

Happiness will come from materialism, not from meaning.

My body gets weak without truth.

My body gets weak without truth.

Does the world have nothing inside but sorrow?

Does the world have nothing inside but sorrow?

I lived and languished.

I lived and languished.

From our ugliness will grow the soul of the world.

From our ugliness will grow the soul of the world.

A man who's never seen war is like a woman who's never given birth -...

A man who's never seen war is like a woman who's never given birth -...

We can't feel anything - all that's left inside us is dust.

We can't feel anything - all that's left inside us is dust.

If kids can forget their own mothers but still have a sense of comrade Lenin,...

If kids can forget their own mothers but still have a sense of comrade Lenin,...

At the time of the Revolution, dogs howled day and night all over Russia.

At the time of the Revolution, dogs howled day and night all over Russia.

Without truth I feel ashamed to be alive.

Without truth I feel ashamed to be alive.

What if we all suddenly get carried away thinking - who will be left to...

What if we all suddenly get carried away thinking - who will be left to...

When you've nothing to live for, you get to thinking inside your head.

When you've nothing to live for, you get to thinking inside your head.

I want my word to be up to the scale of the feat of arms...

I want my word to be up to the scale of the feat of arms...