Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our children's children, pure on their tongues, and free.
- Anna Akhmatova
Children, Fit, Russian, Tongues
I should be proud to have my memory graced, but only if the monument be placed... here, where I endured three hundred hours in line before the implacable iron bars.
- Anna Akhmatova
Here, Hours, Hundred, Monument
All has been looted, betrayed, sold; black death's wing flashed ahead.
- Anna Akhmatova
Death, Been, Sold, Wing
It was a time when only the dead smiled, happy in their peace.
- Anna Akhmatova
Peace, Death, Happy, Smiled
Who will grieve for this woman? Does she not seem too insignificant for our concern? Yet in my heart I never will deny her, Who suffered death because she chose to turn.
- Anna Akhmatova
Death, Woman, Deny, Chose
Loading more quotes...
If you're searching for quotes on a different topic, feel free to browse our Topics page or explore a diverse collection of quotes from various Authors to find inspiration.