"How the miracle of our meeting Shone there……" — Anna Akhmatova
"How the miracle of our meeting Shone there and sang, I didn't want to return From there to anywhere. Happiness instead of duty Was bitter delight to me. Not obliged to speak to anyone, I spoke for a long while. Let passions stifle lovers, Demanding answers, We, my dear, are only souls At the limits of the world."
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Anna Akhmatova
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51 Quotes by Anna Akhmatova
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All has been looted, betrayed, sold; black death's wing flashed ahead.
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