Quotes by Svetlana Alexievich

23 quotes found

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russia chernobyl communism soviet-union nuclear-power nuclear-power-plants disasters war freedom dostoevsky russian soul childhood-memory life-and-living authoritarianism history post-truth nuclear-energy atheism atheism-and-attitude belief god nature natures-beauty new-yorker-magazine secular-spirituality secularism spirituality fear people

“Instead of lullabies, my mother would sing us songs of the Revolution. Now she sings them to her grandchildren. 'Are you nuts?' I ask her. She replies, 'I don't know any other songs.”
— Svetlana Alexievich, Czasy secondhand. Koniec czerwonego człowieka
childhood-memory life-and-living

“Why didn't we put Stalin on trial? I'll tell you why...In order to condemn Stalin, you'd have to condemn your friends and relatives along with him. The people closest to you...our neighbor Yuri tur...”
— Svetlana Alexievich, Czasy secondhand. Koniec czerwonego człowieka
communism russia soviet-union

“Many greeted the truth as an enemy. And freedom as well.”
— Svetlana Alexievich, Czasy secondhand. Koniec czerwonego człowieka
communism russia soviet-union