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Bless you, prison, for having been in my life!
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Age: 89 †
Born: 1918
Born: December 11
Died: 2008
Died: January 1
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Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn
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Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words.
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