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From Quotes by Anna Akhmatova
- You thought I was that type: that you could forget me, and that I'd plead and weep and throw myself under the hooves of a…
- This cruel age has deflected me, like a river from this course. Strayed from its familiar shores, my changeling life has flowed into a sister…
- I myself, from the very beginning, Seemed to myself like someone's dream or delirium Or a reflection in someone else's mirror, Without flesh, without meaning,…
- 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…
- Though you are three times more beautiful than angels, Though you are the sister of the river willows, I will kill you with my singing,…
- Flowers, cold from the dew, And autumn's approaching breath, I pluck for the warm, luxuriant braids, Which haven't faded yet. In their nights, fragrantly resinous,…
- Rising from the past, my shadow Is running in silence to meet me.
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