Svetlana Alexievich, Czasy Secondhand. Koniec Czerwonego Człowieka Quotes
I'm afraid of freedom, it feels like some drunk guy could show up and burn my dacha at any moment.
The mysterious Russian soul... Everyone wants to understand it. They read Dostoevsky: what's behind that soul of theirs? Well, behind our soul there's just more soul.
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.
Many greeted the truth as an enemy. And freedom as well.
