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Vladimir Mayakovsky
Vladimir Mayakovsky

Russian poet and one of the most important representatives of Soviet literature. His poetry works have distinct characteristics of the era and have had a profound impact on Soviet literature. more

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“I need not remind you, I think, that the concept of certain houses as unclean or forbidden - perhaps sacred - is as old as the mind of man. Certainly there are spots which inevitably attach to themselves an atmosphere of holiness and goodness; it might not then be too fanciful to say that some houses are born bad. Hill House, whatever the cause, has been unfit for human habitation for upwards of twenty years. What it was like before then, whether its personality was molded by the people who lived here, or the things they did, or whether it was evil from its start are all questions I cannot answer.”

“As she entered the forest, the darkness she had seen from the outside was nowhere to be seen. Once within the trees she could see everything… and it was wondrous. ‘It was just an illusion,’ said the Wolf. ‘When we bring the light of our presence to something, there is little we cannot understand. And as we begin to understand, our fear, like the darkness, begins to fade.”