27 Quotes by Svetlana Alliluyeva

With our one hand we try to catch the moon itself, but with another one we are obliged to dig out potatoes the same way it was done a hundred years ago.

As a result of half a century of Soviet rule people have been weaned from a belief in human kindness.

It is human nature that rules the world, not governments and regimes.

God grants an easy death only to the just.

Moscow, breathing fire like a human volcano with its smouldering lava of passion, ambition and politics, its hurly-burly of meetings and entertainment.... Moscow seethes and bubbles and gasps for air. It's always thirsting for something new...

History is a stern judge.

I like old people, just as I like old trees: in their shadow there is freshness and peace, one admires them, and around them everything is so calm.

all large cities are alike at night.

Go to meet destiny halfway and destiny will come to your assistance.