Svetlana Alexievich said this quote

“ Pretty soon, I'll be decomposing into phosphorous, calcium, and so on. Who else will you find to tell you the truth? All that's left are the archives. Pieces of paper. And the truth is... I worked at an archive myself, I can tell you first hand: paper lies even more than people do. ”

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Death is the fairest thing in the world. No one's ever gotten out of it. The earth takes everyone - the kind, the cruel, the sinners. Aside from that, there's no fairness on earth.

~ Svetlana Alexievich

Svetlana Alexievich Death Fairness Justice

Is there anything more frightening than people?

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Svetlana Alexievich Chernobyl Disasters Fear People

How were you taken prisoner?' The interrogator asked my father. 'The Finns pulled me out of a lake.' 'You traitor! You were saving your own skin instead of the Motherland.' My father also considered himself guilty. That's how they'd been trained.

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Svetlana Alexievich War

I'm afraid of freedom, it feels like some drunk guy could show up and burn my dacha at any moment.

~ Svetlana Alexievich

Svetlana Alexievich Freedom