Person Quote by Svetlana Alexievich Download Open image “I'm not a public person.” — Svetlana Alexievich ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Person Public
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
I write my books at moments of shock. I meet people in extremis and their stories are highly emotionally charged. — Svetlana Alexievich Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
No book about Soviet sacrifice was as strong as the women's stories I heard as a child. — Svetlana Alexievich Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
A man without a memory is only capable of doing evil, nothing else but evil. — Svetlana Alexievich Copy Share Image
“They're threatened by you,' she said. 'You chose to do something they'd never have the gumption to choose for themselves. Being their own person.” — Diane Chamberlain Copy Share Image
I always say if you put someone from a small town into a big city for ten years, then when they go back, they'll… — Mike Colter Copy Share Image
I am not a depressive person at all, but I reflect a lot on my life, and life in general, from the perspective of… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
If you’re a person struggling to eat and stay healthy you might have heard about Michael Jordan or Muhammad Ali, but you’ll never have… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I sound New York. I sound East Coast much more than a blonde person from L.A. — Julie Kavner Copy Share Image
I always wanted to make sure that within my unit that I was never the weak person. So I made sure that my physical… — Liz Carmouche Copy Share Image
I'd love to talk to myself at 40 and see what I've achieved and what I feel... but I will just be the same… — Matty Healy Copy Share Image
I'm not the sort of person who would want to just lie on the sofa watching TV. — Petra Kvitova Copy Share Image
It's great when you can write a meaningful song that touches people, but sometimes you just wanna have fun and sing a silly song… — Carrie Underwood Copy Share Image
I'm a pretty fearless person. I'm afraid of, like, creepy men in white vans and sidewalks with no streetlights. But I'm not afraid to… — Josie Totah Copy Share Image
