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Quote #10
This was the sickness of the age, the revolutionary madness of the epoch. In thought everyone was different from his words and outward show. No one had a clear conscience. (14.16.4)
In a world where no one can say what they're actually thinking, it's hard for anyone to stay sane. The problem is that the Revolution has created such a strong sense of group responsibility that no one is willing to express themselves as an individual with individual thoughts. And in Zhivago's (and Pasternak's) mind, this is a sort of madness on a huge social level.