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I know beginnings, I know end...

I know beginnings, I know endings too, and life-in-death, and something else I'd rather not recall just now.

Anna Akhmatova 79 quotes

The word dropped like a stone...

The word dropped like a stone on my still living breast. Confess: I was prepared, am somehow ready for the test.

Anna Akhmatova 79 quotes

Though you are three times mo...

Though you are three times more beautiful than angels, Though you are the sister of the river willows, I will kill you with my singing, Without spilling your blood on the ground. Not touching you with my hand, Not giving you one glance, I will stop loving you, But with your unimaginable groans I will finally slake my thirst. From her, who wandered the earth before me, Crueler than ice, more fiery than flame, From her, who still exists in the ether— From her you will set me free.

Anna Akhmatova 79 quotes

And it seemed to me that ther...

And it seemed to me that there were fires Flying till dawn without number And I never found out things-those Strange eyes of his-what colour? Everything trembling and singing and Were you my enemy or my friend, Winter was it or summer?

Anna Akhmatova 79 quotes

Though you are three times mor...

Though you are three times more beautiful than angels, Though you are the sister of the river willows, I will kill you with my singing, Without spilling your blood on the ground. Not touching you with my hand, Not giving you one glance, I will stop loving you, But with your unimaginable groans I will finally slake my thirst. From her, who wandered the earth before me, Crueler than ice, more fiery than flame, From her, who still exists in the etherЂ' From her you will set me free.

Anna Akhmatova 79 quotes

And you know, I agree to every...

And you know, I agree to everything: I will condemn, I will forget, I will give comfort to the enemy, Darkness will be light and sin lovely.

Anna Akhmatova 79 quotes

Flowers, cold from the dew, An...

Flowers, cold from the dew, And autumn's approaching breath, I pluck for the warm, luxuriant braids, Which haven't faded yet. In their nights, fragrantly resinous, Entwined with delightful mystery, They will breathe in her springlike Extraordinary beauty. But in a whirlwind of sound and fire, From her shing head they will flutter And fallВ-and before her They will die, faintly fragrant still. And, impelled by faithful longing, My obedient gaze will feast upon themВ- With a reverent hand, Love will gather their rotting

Anna Akhmatova 79 quotes

Forgive me, that I manage badl...

Forgive me, that I manage badly, Manage badly but live gloriously, That I leave traces of myself in my songs, That I appeared to you in waking dreams.

Anna Akhmatova 79 quotes

If you were music I would list...

If you were music I would listen to you ceaselessly And my low spirits would brighten up.

Anna Akhmatova 79 quotes

I seem to myself, as in a drea...

I seem to myself, as in a dream, Am accidental guest in this dreadful body.

Anna Akhmatova 79 quotes

Your voice is wild and simple....

Your voice is wild and simple. You are untranslatable Into any one tongue.

Anna Akhmatova 79 quotes

And this tenderness was not li...

And this tenderness was not like That which a certain poet At the beginning of the century called true And, for some reason, quiet. No, not at allВ- It rang out, like the first waterfall, It crunched like the crust of bluish ice And it prayed with a swanlike voice, And it broke down right before our eyes.

Anna Akhmatova 79 quotes

We learned not to meet anymore...

We learned not to meet anymore, We don't raise our eyes to one another, But we ourselves won't guarantee What could happen to us in an hour.

Anna Akhmatova 79 quotes

Real tenderness can't be confu...

Real tenderness can't be confused, It's quiet and can't be heard.

Anna Akhmatova 79 quotes

This land, although not my nat...

This land, although not my native land, Will be remembered forever. And the sea's lightly iced, Unsalty water. The sand on the bottom is whiter than chalk, The air is heady, like wine, And the rosy body of the pines Is naked in the sunset hour. And the sunset itself on such waves of ether That I just can't comprehend Whether it is the end of the day, the end of the world, Or the mystery of mysteries in me again.

Anna Akhmatova 79 quotes

But Fear and the Muse in turn ...

But Fear and the Muse in turn guard the place
Where the banished poet has gone
And the night that comes with quickened pace
Is ignorant of dawn.

Anna Akhmatova 79 quotes

Rising from the past, my shado...

Rising from the past, my shadow Is running in silence to meet me.

Anna Akhmatova 79 quotes

If I can't have love, if I can...

If I can't have love, if I can't find peace, / Give me a bitter glory.

Anna Akhmatova 79 quotes

I am in the middle of it: chao...

I am in the middle of it: chaos and poetry; poetry and love and again, complete chaos. Pain, disorder, occasional clarity; and at the bottom of it all: only love; poetry. Sheer enchantment, fear, humiliation. It all comes with love

Anna Akhmatova 79 quotes

Wild honey smells of freedom T...

Wild honey smells of freedom The dust - of sunlight The mouth of a young girl, like a violet But gold - smells of nothing.

Anna Akhmatova 79 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....