“On the bottom shelf M. kept the books from his childhood days: Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, the Iliad - they are described in The Noise of Time and happened to have been saved by M.'s father. Most of them later perished… — Nadezhda Mandelstam Copy Share Image
The only good life is one in which there is no need for miracles. — Nadezhda Mandelstam Copy Share Image
“On the bottom shelf M. kept the books from his childhood days: Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, the Iliad - they are described in The Noise… — Nadezhda Mandelstam Copy Share Image
“And after his death - or even before it, perhaps - he lived on in camp legend as a demented old man of seventy… — Nadezhda Mandelstam Copy Share Image
I decided it is better to scream. . . . Silence is the real crime against humanity. — Nadezhda Mandelstam Copy Share Image
“When a bull is being lead to the slaughter, it still hopes to break loose and trample its butchers. Other bulls have not been… — Nadezhda Mandelstam Copy Share Image
