Quotes by Anna Akhmatova, The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova

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“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, The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova
music silence summer

“I’m not weeping, I’m not complaining,Happiness is not for me.”
— Anna Akhmatova, The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova
depressed sad sadness sorrow