It was a time when only the dead smiled, happy in their peace.
Author
Anna Akhmatova
3 quotations
About Anna Akhmatova
Anna Andreyevna Gorenko, known by her pen name Anna Akhmatova, was a Russian and Soviet poet. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1965 and 1966.
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Anna AkhmatovaIt was a time when only the dead smiled, happy in their peace.
Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our children's children, pure on their tongues, and free.