“But here, in the murk of conflagration, where scarcely a friend is left to know we, the survivors, do not flinch from anything, not from a single blow. Surely the reckoning will be made after the passing of this cloud. We are the people without tears, straighter than you ... more proud.” PeopleKnowsMadeLeftTearsProudCloudsBlowPassingPassingsSurvivorReckoning Book:Избранные Стихи Source: Избранные Стихи
“I know beginnings, I know endings too, and life-in-death, and something else I'd rather not recall just now.” KnowsRecalls Book:Избранные Стихи Source: Избранные Стихи
“The celebrations Of secret nonmeetings are empty, Unspoken conversations, Unuttered words. Glances that don't intersect Don't know where to come to rest. And only the tears rejoice Because they can flow and flow. Sweetbrier around Moscow, Alas! Somehow it is here ... And all this they will call Love eternal.” KnowsSecretTearsConversationEternalFlowEmptyCelebrationRejoiceGlancesAlasUnspokenMoscow Author:Anna Akhmatova
“And you know, I agree to everything: I will condemn, I will forget, I will give comfort to the enemy, Darkness will be light and sin lovely.” KnowsGivingLightSinForgetEnemyDarknessComfortAgreeLovely Author:Anna Akhmatova
