Anna Akhmatova quotes - page 5

Nothing I counted mine, out of my life, is mine to take... (Anna Akhmatova)
Today I have so much to do: I must kill memory once and for all, I must turn my soul to stone, I must learn to live again- Unless ... View quote
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Regarding myself as a mere echo, Cave-like, unintelligible and nocturnal... View quote
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And I pray not for myself alone.. for all who stood outside the jail, in bitter cold or summer's blaze, with me under that blind red wall. View quote
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Now no one will listen to songs. The prophesied days have begun. Latest poem of mine, the world has lost its wonder, Don't break my heart, don't ring out. View quote
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Sweet to me was not the voice of man, But the wind's voice was understood by me. The burdocks and the nettles fed my soul, But I loved the silver willow best of all. View quote
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No, not under the vault of another sky, not under the shelter of other wings. I was with my people then, there where my people were doomed to be. View quote
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Today I have so much to do: I must kill memory once and for all, I must turn my soul to stone, I must learn to live again- Unless ... Summer's ardent rustling Is like a festival outside my window. View quote
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O let the organ, many-voiced, sing boldly, O let it roar like spring's first thunderstorm! My half-closed eyes over your young bride's shoulder Will meet your eyes just once and then no more. View quote
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Damn you! I will not grant your cursed soul Vicarious tears or a single glance. And I swear to you by the garden of the angels, I swear by the miracle-working icon, And by the fire and smoke of our nights: I will never come back to you. View quote
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I knew: the gods turned once, in their madness, Men into things, not killing humane senses. You've been turned in to my reminiscences To make eternal the unearthly sadness. (Anna Akhmatova)
This woman is sick to her marrow-bone, this woman is utterly alone, with husband dead, with son away in jail. Pray for me. Pray. View quote
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