255 Quotes by Svetlana Alexievich

I always aim to understand how much humanity is contained in each human being and how I can protect this humanity in a person.

Love is what brings us into this world.

America is a remarkable country, but I have a feeling that it's a different country after 9/11.

The purpose of art is to accumulate the human within the human being.

Humans have occupied a position in nature that they should not. It is impossible for humans to conquer nature.

We need a philosophy for humans and nature to live together.

Art is always kind of snooping and listening in.

All our lives, we fight for certain ideals, and they get diluted, and then we have to fight for them again.

I grew up in a village after the war, and in the village, there were almost only women.