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“Month after month, the Russians, bearing the brunt of war, had waited. The Anglo-American landing did not come until June 6, 1944, when the Russian army had already liberated most of the USSR and was driving across Poland. Many Russians had bitterly wondered whether the Allies delayed so that Russia might take the loss, and landed at last in Normandy because they could not afford to let Russians take Berlin alone.”

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The Stalin era

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Anna Louise Strong
Anna Louise Strong

Anna Louise Strong, born on November 24, 1885, and died on March 29, 1970, was an outstanding journalist and social activist known for her unwavering faith in socialism and communism. more

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“عندما ينتهي الحب، يصبح كل شيء في حياتنا بلا قيمة. ويصبح الأشخاص من حولنا مجرد أسماء تلتقي بها آذاننا وتبصرها أعيننا دون أن يكون لهم أثر حقيقي في مجرى حياتنا. أصبحت كل وسائل الترفيه مجرد زينة في المنزل، وأصبحت حياتنا مملة إلى حد الجنون. كل هذا يدفعنا إلى تحويل الحب في حياتنا إلى معنى أسمى وأشمل، من مجرد حب شخص قد يختفي في أي لحظة، إلى حب الحياة والإبداع الذي لا ينتهي حتى آخر يوم في حياتنا”

“I kill it because we cannot stay in the same room. I kill it because we cannot stay in the same room with me sleeping. I kill it because I might look away and not see it there on the wall when I look back. I kill it because I might spend all night hunting it. I kill it because I am afraid to go near enough with glass and paper to carry it outside. I kill it because I have been told to. I kill it by slapping my shoe against the wall because I have been told to do it that way. I kill it standing as far away as possible and stretching my hand holding the shoe towards it. I kill it because it has been making me shake out the bedclothes, look inside my shoes, scan the walls at night. I kill it with two fast blows in case one isn’t enough. I kill it because I can. I kill it because it cannot stop me. I kill it because I know it is there. I kill it so that its remains are on the heel of my shoe. I kill it so that its outline with curved sting is on my wall. I kill it to feel sure I will live. I kill it to feel alive. I kill it because I am weaker than it is. I kill it because I am not good enough to let it live. I kill it out of the corner of my eye, remembering it is black, vertical, stock still on the white wall. I kill it because it will not speak to me.”

“I believe life gets sweeter by the day when we allow ourselves to be guided by our hearts—when intuition is accepted as conversations with our Higher Self, when we fearlessly adopt the path of non-resistance and come to know that the self is love.”