From our ugliness will grow the soul of the world.

Quote by Andrei Platonov

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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.

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 -...

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...

Without truth I feel ashamed to be alive.

Without truth I feel ashamed to be alive.

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.

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...

We hate our squalor.

We hate our squalor.

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.

I have a trend of my own.

I have a trend of my own.

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.

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.

I lived and languished.

I lived and languished.

If they don't think, people act senselessly.

If they don't think, people act senselessly.

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,...

Does the world have nothing inside but sorrow?

Does the world have nothing inside but sorrow?