Those two, in paradise, were given a choice: happiness without freedom, or freedom without happiness. There was no third alternative. (Yevgeny Zamyatin)

Those two, in paradise, were given a choice: happiness without freedom, or freedom without happiness. There was no third alternative.

Yevgeny Zamyatin

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