Darkness Quote by Svetlana Alexievich

Real people speak in my books about the main events of the age, such as the war, the Chernobyl disaster, and the downfall of…

— Svetlana Alexievich

In the post-Soviet era, instead of freedom, various stripes of autocratic-totalitarianism have flourished: Russian, Belarusian, Kazakh... We are finding our way out from under…

— Svetlana Alexievich

“How can we preserve our planet on which little girls are supposed to sleep in their beds, and not lie dead on the road…

— Svetlana Alexievich

I write my books at moments of shock. I meet people in extremis and their stories are highly emotionally charged.

— Svetlana Alexievich

I don't love great ideas. I love the little human being.

— Svetlana Alexievich

Women tell things in more interesting ways. They live with more feeling. They observe themselves and their lives. Men are more impressed with action.…

— Svetlana Alexievich

Many times, I have been shocked and frightened by human beings. I have experienced delight and revulsion. I have sometimes wanted to forget what…

— Svetlana Alexievich

No book about Soviet sacrifice was as strong as the women's stories I heard as a child.

— Svetlana Alexievich

I see the world as voices, as colors, as it were. From book to book, I change, the subjects change, but the narrative thread…

— Svetlana Alexievich

We thought we'd leave communism behind, and everything would turn out fine. But it turns out you can't leave this and become free, because…

— Svetlana Alexievich

For money, I can buy one thing: I buy freedom.

— Svetlana Alexievich

A man without a memory is only capable of doing evil, nothing else but evil.

— Svetlana Alexievich