“I dedicate this to all those who did not live to tell it. And may they please forgive me for not having seen it all nor remembered it all, for not having divined all of it - from The Gulag Archipelago”
“To all those who lead monotonous lives in the hope that they may experience at second hand the delights and dangers of adventure.[author's dedication]”
“We all love best not those who offend us least, nor those who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them.”
“I think we all have archipelagoes in our minds.”
“All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.”
“And who understands? Not me, because if I did I would forgive it all.”