You are afraid of it because it is stronger than you; you hate it because you are afraid of it; you love it because you cannot subdue it to your will. Only the unsubduable can be loved.

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Sochineniia 1970–88 (4 vols. In 1923 Zamyatin arranged for the manuscript of his novel We to be smuggled to E.

Ultimately Zamyatin arranged for We to be smuggled to the West for publication. Despite having been a prominent Old BolYevgeny Zamyatinvik Zamyatin was deeply disturbed by the policies pursued by the CPSU following the October Revolution.