Monday, August 04, 2008

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

"No, I am not afraid of death any more. When I was young the early death of my father cast a shadow over me -- he died at the age of 27 -- and I was afraid to die before all my literary plans came true. But between 30 and 40 years of age my attitude to death became quite calm and balanced. I feel it is a natural, but no means the final, milestone of one’s existence."

-- from a 2007 interview with Der Spiegel magazine
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