“And he suddenly - immediately and completely - realized that he would never be released from prison. And what’s worse is that when he’s free, no one needs him: neither the whites, nor the reds, nor the greens, nor yesterday’s friends who became enemies, nor yesterday’s enemies who did not become friends - no one, not even the woman he loves, and she will prefer freedom to him life. Everyone disowned him. And most of all, he is despised, he is an idol, a hero, a leader, now doomed to the pitiful role of an extra, to eternal captivity in solitary confinement. And freedom, here it is - a few steps away - in an open window. But you can’t go out - you can only fly. And he stepped to the window..."