Author: Svetlana Alexievich

Quotes

Why do I write? I have been called a writer of catastrophes, but that isn't true. I am always looking for words of love. Hate will not save us. Only love.

Why do I write? I have been called a writer of catastrophes, but that isn't true. I am always looking for words of love. Hate will not save us. Only love.

- Svetlana Alexievich

What I'm concerned with is what I would call the missing history - the invisible imprint of our stay on Earth and in time.

What I'm concerned with is what I would call the missing history - the invisible imprint of our stay on Earth and in time.

- 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 remains the same.

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

- Svetlana Alexievich

A totalitarian power is mainly busy in keeping itself alive.

A totalitarian power is mainly busy in keeping itself alive.

- Svetlana Alexievich

Love is what brings us into this world.

Love is what brings us into this world.

- Svetlana Alexievich

I want to live at home. You can only write at home.

I want to live at home. You can only write at home.

- Svetlana Alexievich

My father was an important person, the director of the school. He could talk to anybody - simple or educated. He liked chess, fishing, and beautiful women.

My father was an important person, the director of the school. He could talk to anybody - simple or educated. He liked chess, fishing, and beautiful women.

- Svetlana Alexievich

I love the lone human voice. It is my greatest love and passion.

I love the lone human voice. It is my greatest love and passion.

- Svetlana Alexievich

Freedom is not an instantaneous holiday, as we once dreamed. It is a road. A long road. We know this now.

Freedom is not an instantaneous holiday, as we once dreamed. It is a road. A long road. We know this now.

- Svetlana Alexievich

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