“There is no death, each of us knows —
it's banal to say.
I'll leave it to others to explain.”
Poem without a Hero (1963)
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Anna Akhmatova 99
Russian modernist poet 1889–1966Related quotes
Cassandra (1860)
Context: It is very well to say "be prudent, be careful, try to know each other." But how are you to know each other?
Unless a woman had lost all pride, how is it possible for her, under the eyes of all her family, to indulge in long exclusive conversations with a man? "Such a thing" must not take place till after her "engagement." And how is she to make an engagement, if "such a thing" has not taken place?
“things explain each other,
Not themselves.”
This in Which (1965), "A Narrative", 3
“Death leaves cans of shaving cream half-used.”
Source: Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Japanese Death Poems. Compiled by Yoel Hoffmann. ISBN 978-0-8048-3179-6.