Nadezhda Mandelstam Quote

The fear that goes with the writing of verse has nothing in common with the fear one experiences in the presence of the secret police. Our mysterious awe in the face of existence itself is always overridden by the more primitive fear of violence and destruction.


Hope Against Hope


The fear that goes with the writing of verse has nothing in common with the fear one experiences in the presence of the secret police. Our mysterious ...

The fear that goes with the writing of verse has nothing in common with the fear one experiences in the presence of the secret police. Our mysterious ...

The fear that goes with the writing of verse has nothing in common with the fear one experiences in the presence of the secret police. Our mysterious ...

The fear that goes with the writing of verse has nothing in common with the fear one experiences in the presence of the secret police. Our mysterious ...