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“I had learnt to seek intensity rather than happiness, not joys and prosperity but more of life, a concentrated sense of life, a strengthened feeling of existence, fullness and concentration of pulse, energy, growth, flowering, beyond the image of happiness or unhappiness.”

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Nina Berberova
Nina Berberova

Nina Berberova was a Russian writer born on July 26, 1901, in Moscow, and died on September 26, 1993. Her works are known for their delicate psychological portrayals and profound insights into the social changes in Russia. more

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