There was peace in their hearts. They were filled with the fearlessness of those who… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
There was peace in their hearts. They were filled with the fearlessness of those who have lost everything, the fearlessness which is not easy to come by but which endures.
In the original Russian
Но в душах их был мир с самими собой. Ими владело бесстрашие людей, утерявших в с ё до конца,- бесстрашие, достающееся трудно, но прочно.
In the First Circle · 1968
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Citation
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksander. В круге первом [In the First Circle]. Collins & Harvill Press/Harper & Row, 1968, ch. 87.