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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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Rana Sarkar

Quote of the Day by Anna Akhmatova: ‘Dostoyevsky knew a lot but not everything. He, for instance, thought that if you kill a human you'll turn into…’

A person can do something terrible in the morning, sit down for lunch a few hours later and carry on with the rest of the day. They can talk to friends, watch a film, laugh at a joke and sleep at night. The disturbing part is not only what they did, but also how easily they compartmentalize things and get back to normal life.

That raises a difficult question: Does committing an act of violence necessarily destroy the person who commits it?

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