Svetlana Alexievich Quotes

There is this tradition, stretching back to Tacitus and Plutarch, that history belongs to the heroes, the emperors. But I grew up among simple people, and their stories just shattered me. It was painful that no one but me was listening to them.

Svetlana Alexievich

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: May 31, 1948

Topics

HistorySimplePeopleMeListening

We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

BridgeBurnWillCome

Bob Dole. He's like the neighbors' Labrador retriever your dad used to curse for all that barking, all that darn digging in your mom's tulip bed, and now look, you live next door to a godforsaken pack of teeth-baring rabid Pomeranians, and, good golly, Bob Dole!

Jeanne Marie Laskas

GoodLiveMomDoorYouLook

When I was reporting crime... I never had the sense of clockwork conspiracies or some kind of imposing order of evil. What I sensed was things just sort of falling apart.

John Sandford

EvilKindCrimeNeverFallingOrder

I've taken singing lessons since I was young, just to work on technique.

Skylar Laine

WorkSingingYoungJustLessons

I like to pretend that my art has nothing to do with me.

Roy Lichtenstein

ArtMeNothingPretendLike

Most cops are not looking for understanding. They work in a world filled with a sense - real or imagined - of danger lurking around each corner and every hallway. Most cops are merely looking for respect.

Mike Barnicle

WorkRespectWorldLookingReal

A Madagascar Hissing Roach chasing Jerry Lewis. That would be a really neat treat.

Michael O'Donoghue

TreatChasingWouldReallyNeat

My tragedy is that all I want is a dog, and yet I have been cursed with cats all my life.

Michael Sheen

LifeDogCatsMy LifeTragedyWant

I'm not one of those superstitious people.

Luke Evans

PeopleThoseSuperstitious

I enjoy hats. And when one has filthy hair, that is a good accessory.

Julia Roberts

GoodHairEnjoyHatsFilthy

Did you see the statue topple? Bill Clinton got nostalgic seeing something that big in a beret go down.

Craig Kilborn

YouSeeingDownGoSeeBig

I am going to keep on singing. I have no intention of retiring. Actually, I always wonder whether people know my songs in the different countries I visit. I feel nervous over whether they will sing along with me or not.

Bonnie Tyler

I AmPeopleMeSingingFeelWonder

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