21 Quotes by Svetlana Alexievich about History



  • Author Svetlana Alexievich
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    More than once afterward I met with these two truths that live in the same human being: one's own truth driven underground, and the common one, filled with the spirit of the time.

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  • Author Svetlana Alexievich
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    The history of the atom -- it's not just a military secret and a curse. It's also our youth, our era, our religion.

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    Pretty soon, I'll be decomposing into phosphorous, calcium, and so on. Who else will you find to tell you the truth? All that's left are the archives. Pieces of paper. And the truth is... I worked at an archive myself, I can tell you first hand: paper lies even more than people do.

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