Top 10 most inspiring quotes by Anna Akhmatova
- If you were music, I would listen to you ceaselessly, and my low spirits would brighten up.
- You will hear thunder and remember me, and think: She wanted storms. The rim of the sky will be the colour of hard crimson, and your heart, as it was then, will be on fire.
- I seem to myself, as in a dream, an accidental guest in this dreadful body.
- As the future ripens in the past, so the past rots in the future—a terrible festival of dead leaves.
- Your voice is wild and simple. You are untranslatable into any one tongue.
- 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.
- I know beginnings, I know endings too, life-in-death, and something else I’d rather not recall just now.
- 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 will be lovely.
- 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.
- 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 (1889–1966) was a renowned Russian poet, born in Odessa, Ukraine. She emerged as a prominent literary figure in the Silver Age of Russian poetry, contributing to the Symbolist movement. Akhmatova’s early works, including the acclaimed “Evening” (1912), demonstrated her poetic mastery and emotional depth.
Her life was marked by tumultuous events, particularly the Russian Revolution and its aftermath. The government censored and condemned her work for its perceived anti-Soviet sentiments, leading to years of hardship and silence during Stalin’s regime. Despite facing personal tragedies, including the arrest and execution of her son Lev Gumilev, Akhmatova remained resilient and continued to write in private.
In the 1960s, Akhmatova’s poetry experienced a resurgence in popularity, earning her international acclaim. Her later collections, such as “Requiem,” reflected the profound impact of political upheavals on the human spirit. Akhmatova’s lyrical and poignant verses, often focused on themes of love, loss, and the human condition, continue to resonate and solidify her status as one of Russia’s most revered literary figures.
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