Today I have much work to do:
I must finally kill my memory,
I must, so my soul can turn to stone,
I must learn to live again.


Selected Poems (1989 edition), Dufour Editions

Anna Akhmatova Quotes

Today I have much work to do: I must finally kill my memory, I must, so my soul can turn to stone, I must learn to live again.

Today I have much work to do: I must finally kill my memory, I must, so my soul can turn to stone, I must learn to live again.

Today I have much work to do: I must finally kill my memory, I must, so my soul can turn to stone, I must learn to live again.

Today I have much work to do: I must finally kill my memory, I must, so my soul can turn to stone, I must learn to live again.