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" Hatred will always give birth to more and more hate, and love has the power to demolish the borders between us. "

Svetlana Alexievich

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" 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. "

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" I was born in a big city - Ivano-Frankivsk in Ukraine - but when I was a child, my father moved us back to his homeland in Minsk. "

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" We thought we'd leave communism behind, and everything would turn out fine. But it turns out you can't leave this and become free, because these people don't understand what freedom is. "

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" I believe that in the 21st century, we should arm ourselves with ideas. "

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" I don't hate. I love the Russian people. I love the Belarusan people... I love Ukraine very much. "

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" Love is what brings us into this world. "

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" I love how humans talk. "

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" My Ukrainian grandmother would tell amazing stories. She lost her father, and as children, we would always listen to her stories. "

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" I see the world as voices, as colors, as it were. From book to book, I change, the subjects change, but the narrative thread remains the same. "

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" From the point of view of art, the butcher and the victim are equal as people. You need to see the people. "

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" I name the genre that I write in as 'novel of voices.' "

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