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" I write my books at moments of shock. I meet people in extremis and their stories are highly emotionally charged. "

Svetlana Alexievich

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" I don't remember men in our village after World War II: during the war, one out of four Belarusians perished, either fighting at the front or with the partisans. After the war, we children lived in a world of women. What I remember most is that women talked about love, not death. "

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" I want to live at home. You can only write at home. "

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" America is a remarkable country, but I have a feeling that it's a different country after 9/11. "

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" Flaubert called himself a human pen; I would say that I am a human ear. When I walk down the street and catch words, phrases, and exclamations, I always think - how many novels disappear without a trace! Disappear into darkness. "

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" I do not remember any questions in my childhood other than questions about death and about loss, and it was clear that the books that filled the house were not as interesting as the conversations outside. "

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" For money, I can buy one thing: I buy freedom. "

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" I used to live in a village, and I always loved listening to old people. Unfortunately, it was always women who were talking, because after the war, very few men were around. I spent my entire life living in the village. The village is always talking about itself; people are talking to each other as the village makes sense of itself. "

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" Humans have occupied a position in nature that they should not. It is impossible for humans to conquer nature. "

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