There's nothing more difficult than saying goodbye to a house where you've suffered. Vasily Grossman More Quotes by Vasily Grossman More Quotes From Vasily Grossman He was endowed with the extraordinary powers of endurance characteristic of madmen and simpletons. Vasily Grossman characteristics endurance madmen There is a deep and undeniable sadness in all this: whenever we see the dawn of an eternal good that will never be overcome by evil – an evil that is itself eternal but will never succeed in overcoming good – whenever we see this dawn, the blood of old people and children is always shed. Vasily Grossman sadness children blood Why do people have memories? It would be easier to die - anything to stop remembering. Vasily Grossman would-be memories people