Famous quotes containing the words russian, civil, war and/or aftermath:
“To be born in a new country one has to die in the motherland.”
—Irina Mogilevskaya, Russian student. “Immigrating to the U.S.,” student paper in an English as a Second Language class, Hunter College, 1995.
“Come, civil night,
Thou sober-suited matron all in black.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life.”
—Stefan Zweig (18811942)
“The aftermath of joy is not usually more joy.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)