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Anna Akhmatova quotes: Not under foreign skiesNor under foreign wings protected -I shared all this with my own peopleThere, where misfortune had abandoned us.

Not under foreign skies
Nor under foreign wings protected -
I shared all this with my own people
There, where misfortune had abandoned us.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: Wild honey smells of freedom The dust - of sunlight The mouth of a young girl, like a violetBut gold - smells of nothing.

Wild honey smells of freedom
The dust - of sunlight
The mouth of a young girl, like a violet
But gold - smells of nothing.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: Poems are my link with the times, with the new life of my people.

Poems are my link with the times, with the new life of my people.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: Call me a sinner,Mock me maliciously:I was your insomnia,I was your grief.

Call me a sinner,
Mock me maliciously:
I was your insomnia,
I was your grief.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: Real tenderness can't be confused, It's quiet and can't be heard.

Real tenderness can't be confused, It's quiet and can't be heard.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: I always think about the past, it's so large and bright.

I always think about the past, it's so large and bright.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: I have a lot of work to do today; I need to slaughter memory, Turn my living soul to stone Then teach myself to live again.

I have a lot of work to do today;
I need to slaughter memory,
Turn my living soul to stone
Then teach myself to live again.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: The word dropped like a stone on my still living breast. Confess: I was prepared, am somehow ready for the test.

The word dropped like a stone on my still living breast. Confess: I was prepared, am somehow ready for the test.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our children's children, pure on their tongues, and free.

Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our children's children, pure on their tongues, and free.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: I'm not weeping, I'm not complaining,Happiness is not for me.

I'm not weeping, I'm not complaining,
Happiness is not for me.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: No other looked into her secret eyes.Nobody dared.

No other looked into her secret eyes.
Nobody dared.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: You do not know just what you've been forgiven.

You do not know just what you've been forgiven.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: We aged a hundred years, and this happened in a single hour: the short summer had already died, the body of the ploughed plains smoked.

We aged a hundred years, and this happened in a single hour: the short summer had already died, the body of the ploughed plains smoked.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: There is a sacred, secret line in loving which attraction and even passion cannot cross.

There is a sacred, secret line in loving which attraction and even passion cannot cross.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: Regarding myself as a mere echo,Cave-like, unintelligible and nocturnal . . .

Regarding myself as a mere echo,
Cave-like, unintelligible and nocturnal . . .

Anna Akhmatova quotes: I've got no more tears or explanations.

I've got no more tears or explanations.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: But then he touched the flowersWith the dry tips of his fingers.Tell me how men kiss you.Tell me how you kiss.

But then he touched the flowers
With the dry tips of his fingers.
Tell me how men kiss you.
Tell me how you kiss.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: I don't long for anyone,But I don't want, don't want, don't wantTo know how they kiss each other.

I don't long for anyone,
But I don't want, don't want, don't want
To know how they kiss each other.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: 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.

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.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: Don't kiss me, I am weary -Death will kiss me.

Don't kiss me, I am weary -
Death will kiss me.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: I know beginnings, I know endings too,and life-in-death, and something elseI'd rather not recall just now.

I know beginnings, I know endings too,
and life-in-death, and something else
I'd rather not recall just now.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: The triumphs of a mysterious non-meeting are desolate ones; unspoken phrases, silent words.

The triumphs of a mysterious non-meeting are desolate ones; unspoken phrases, silent words.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: Tomorrow the mirrors will mock me

Tomorrow the mirrors will mock me

Anna Akhmatova quotes: If you were music, I would listen to you ceaselessly, and my low spirits would brighten up.

If you were music, I would listen to you ceaselessly, and my low spirits would brighten up.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: We are all carousers and loose women here;How unhappy we are together!

We are all carousers and loose women here;
How unhappy we are together!

Anna Akhmatova quotes: This Cruel Age has deflected me ...

This Cruel Age has deflected me ...

Anna Akhmatova quotes: I seem to myself, as in a dream,An accidental guest in this dreadful body.

I seem to myself, as in a dream,
An accidental guest in this dreadful body.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: Each of our lives is a Shakespearean drama raised to the thousandth degree.

Each of our lives is a Shakespearean drama raised to the thousandth degree.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: I defendNot my voice, but my silence

I defend
Not my voice, but my silence

Anna Akhmatova quotes: All that I am hangs by a thread tonight

All that I am hangs by a thread tonight

Anna Akhmatova quotes: That was when the ones who smiled Were the dead, glad to be at rest.

That was when the ones who smiled Were the dead, glad to be at rest.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: A town loved with bitter love.

A town loved with bitter love.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: We learned not to meet anymore,We don't raise our eyes to one another,But we ourselves won't guaranteeWhat could happen to us in an hour.

We learned not to meet anymore,
We don't raise our eyes to one another,
But we ourselves won't guarantee
What could happen to us in an hour.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: Let love be the gravestoneLying on my life.

Let love be the gravestone
Lying on my life.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: And it's not because I'm tortured Or by some delirium swayed That I conjure up misfortune: It is just my trade.

And it's not because I'm tortured
Or by some delirium swayed
That I conjure up misfortune:
It is just my trade.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: A loss, but who still mourns the breath of one woman, or laments one wife? Though my heart never can forget, how, for one look, she gave up her life.

A loss, but who still mourns the breath of one woman, or laments one wife? Though my heart never can forget, how, for one look, she gave up her life.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: But don't raise your eyes in defiance,Protect my life, my dear.They're brighter than first violets,But deadly to me, I fear.

But don't raise your eyes in defiance,
Protect my life, my dear.
They're brighter than first violets,
But deadly to me, I fear.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: 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.

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.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: Let love become the gravestoneThat lies upon my life.

Let love become the gravestone
That lies upon my life.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: My shadow serves as the friend I crave.

My shadow serves as the friend I crave.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: Italy is a dream that keeps returning for the rest of your life.

Italy is a dream that keeps returning for the rest of your life.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: As the future ripens in the past, so the past rots in the future a terrible festival of dead leaves.

As the future ripens in the past, so the past rots in the future
a terrible festival of dead leaves.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: If I can't have love, if I can't find peace, / Give me a bitter glory.

If I can't have love, if I can't find peace, / Give me a bitter glory.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: But I am not allowed to forgetThe taste of the tears of yesterday.

But I am not allowed to forget
The taste of the tears of yesterday.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: The stars of death stood over us. And Russia, guiltless, beloved, writhed under the crunch of bloodstained boots, under the wheels of Black Marias.

The stars of death stood over us. And Russia, guiltless, beloved, writhed under the crunch of bloodstained boots, under the wheels of Black Marias.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: Your voice is wild and simple. You are untranslatable Into any one tongue.

Your voice is wild and simple. You are untranslatable Into any one tongue.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: All has been looted, betrayed, sold; black death's wing flashed ahead.

All has been looted, betrayed, sold; black death's wing flashed ahead.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: You are many years late; how happy I am to see you

You are many years late; how happy I am to see you

Anna Akhmatova quotes: It was a time when only the dead smiled, happy in their peace.

It was a time when only the dead smiled, happy in their peace.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: Without love, I'm more at ease, I'm sure. The sky is high, the mountain wind is sweeping, And all my thoughts are innocent and pure.

Without love, I'm more at ease, I'm sure.
The sky is high, the mountain wind is sweeping,
And all my thoughts are innocent and pure.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: In those years only the dead smiled, Glad to be at rest: And Leningrad city swayed like A needless appendix to its prisons.

In those years only the dead smiled, Glad to be at rest: And Leningrad city swayed like A needless appendix to its prisons.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: Now that you're there, where everything is known-tell me:What else lived in that house besides us?

Now that you're there, where everything is known-tell me:
What else lived in that house besides us?

Anna Akhmatova quotes: It is unbearably painful for the soul to love silently.

It is unbearably painful for the soul to love silently.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: I go forth to seek To seek and claim the lovely magic garden Where grasses softly sigh and Muses speak.

I go forth to seek To seek and claim the lovely magic garden Where grasses softly sigh and Muses speak.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: Rising from the past, my shadow Is running in silence to meet me.

Rising from the past, my shadow Is running in silence to meet me.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: And in the depths of music, I didn't find the answer,And again there was silence, and again the ghost of summer.

And in the depths of music, I didn't find the answer,
And again there was silence, and again the ghost
of summer.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: Hands, matches, an ashtray. A ritual beautiful and bitter.

Hands, matches, an ashtray. A ritual beautiful and bitter.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: You will hear thunder and remember me,and think: she wanted storms ...

You will hear thunder and remember me,
and think: she wanted storms ...

Anna Akhmatova quotes: I know: yes, no, even I must tear offThe delicate daisy petals.Everyone on earth is destined to feelThe torments of love.

I know: yes, no, even I must tear off
The delicate daisy petals.
Everyone on earth is destined to feel
The torments of love.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: I marvel at everything as if it were new.

I marvel at everything as if it were new.

Anna Akhmatova quotes: I am not one of those who left the land to the mercy of its enemies. Their flattery leaves me cold, my songs are not for them to praise.

I am not one of those who left the land to the mercy of its enemies. Their flattery leaves me cold, my songs are not for them to praise.