“One thing is sure:the idea that each nation is racially pure is a myth, especially a nation with a history of four thousand years.”
― Anatoli Rybakov, quote from Heavy Sand
“I think a man can either believe in God or not believe, he can get faith and he can lose it but there is only one God for the true believer, and that is the one he carries in his heart.”
― Anatoli Rybakov, quote from Heavy Sand
“Friends and acquaintances in this day and age don't write at all, or if they do it's only to let you know they're still alive,which explains the craze for greeting cards of all kinds!”
― Anatoli Rybakov, quote from Heavy Sand
“Sometimes the bigger the apartment, the harder it is to find room to put up an extra person for the night.”
― Anatoli Rybakov, quote from Heavy Sand
“There was something religious in grandmother's face, not in any sanctimoniously devout or ecstatic sense,but a look full of religious feeling, serenity and resignation.”
― Anatoli Rybakov, quote from Heavy Sand
“My descendants will manage without my portrait' she smiled. Anyway they'll have plenty of photographs of me. To this our famous conductor replied that a photograph only gives the outward appearance of the person,whereas a painting reveals the inner world.”
― Anatoli Rybakov, quote from Heavy Sand
“Byelorussian songs, if you've ever heard them are slightly monotonous, even mournful yet they do have a certain melancholy charm and compassion about them.”
― Anatoli Rybakov, quote from Heavy Sand
Anatoli Rybakov
Born place: in Chernigov, Ukraine
Born date January 14, 1911
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“Enchanted islands are hard to understand,' he said. 'I've always thought that. It worried me even as a child. The trouble is that you can never be sure where the enchantment begins and where it ends.”
― Robert Aickman, quote from The Wine-Dark Sea
“Let it never be said that you crept into the crypt, crapped, and crept out again.”
― Winston S. Churchill, quote from Churchill: The Power of Words
“We agree—trade schooling for room and food. I cannot accept the schooling if you do not accept the payment. So …” He shrugged at Thomas. “No lessons today.” Thomas understood. While his eyes sparkled, he pushed his lips into a pout. “But I’m so far behind.” “You will have to study on your own, son.” Peter touched Thomas’s hair and brought forth a sorrow-laden sigh while Thomas played along, slumping his shoulders in disappointment. Peter peeked at Frau Steadman. Would it work?”
― Kim Vogel Sawyer, quote from Waiting for Summer's Return
“We are exploring together. We are cultivating a garden together, backs to the sun. The question is a hoe in our hands and we are digging beneath the hard and crusty surface to the rich humus of our lives.”
― Parker J. Palmer, quote from Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation
“Los años no significan nada. Sólo importa lo que ocurre en ellos.”
― Nicolas Barreau, quote from The Ingredients of Love
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