In this winter night, long and ample for bitter memories, many a widow who lost her husband in the war and is now left alone will press her palms to her ageing face; and in the nocturnal darkness the burning tears, as bitter as wormwood, will scorch her fingers.


From A Word on Our Country. - One Man's Destiny (1967)

Mikhail Sholokhov Quotes

In this winter night, long and ample for bitter memories, many a widow who lost her husband in the war and is now left alone will press her palms to...

In this winter night, long and ample for bitter memories, many a widow who lost her husband in the war and is now left alone will press her palms to...

In this winter night, long and ample for bitter memories, many a widow who lost her husband in the war and is now left alone will press her palms to...

In this winter night, long and ample for bitter memories, many a widow who lost her husband in the war and is now left alone will press her palms to...