Agendas Quote by Sergei Prokofiev

“At home we didnt talk about religion. So gradually the question faded away by itself and disappeared from the agenda. When I was nineteen my father died; my response to his death was atheistic.” quote by Sergei Prokofiev — Download Open image

“At home we didnt talk about religion. So gradually the question faded away by itself and disappeared from the agenda. When I was nineteen my father died; my response to his death was atheistic.”

Sergei Prokofiev

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