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Lina Kostenko Quotes (1930-)
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About Lina Kostenko
Lina Vasylivna Kostenko (Ukrainian: Ліна Василівна Костенко; born 19 March 1930) is a Ukrainian poet, journalist, writer, publisher, and former Soviet dissident.
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“Нації вмирають не від інфаркту. Спочатку їм відбирає мову.
• Translation: Nations do not die from heart attacks. First their LANGUAGE is taken away”
• Translation: Nations do not die from heart attacks. First their LANGUAGE is taken away”
“Жах не в тому, що щось змінеться, - жах у тому, що все може залишитися так само.
• Translation: …the worst is not that everything might change, but that everything remains the same!”
• Translation: …the worst is not that everything might change, but that everything remains the same!”
“Людям не те що позакладало вуха – людям позакладало душі.
• Translation:People have not just stuffiness in their ears – they have stuffiness in their souls. from Notes of a Ukrainian Madman, 2010”
• Translation:People have not just stuffiness in their ears – they have stuffiness in their souls. from Notes of a Ukrainian Madman, 2010”
“А ви думали, що Україна так просто. Україна – це супер. Україна – це ексклюзив. По ній пройшли всі катки історії. На ній відпрацьовані всі види випробувань. Вона загартована найвищим гартом. В умовах сучасного світу їй немає ціни.
• Translation: And you thought that Ukraine was so easy to understand? Ukraine is great. Ukraine is exclusive. Throughout history, others have bulldozed through Ukraine. Ukraine has endured endless trials and tribulations. My country is tough. In today’s world, that’s priceless! from Notes of a Ukrainian Madman, 2010”
• Translation: And you thought that Ukraine was so easy to understand? Ukraine is great. Ukraine is exclusive. Throughout history, others have bulldozed through Ukraine. Ukraine has endured endless trials and tribulations. My country is tough. In today’s world, that’s priceless! from Notes of a Ukrainian Madman, 2010”
About Lina Kostenko
Lina Vasylivna Kostenko (Ukrainian: Ліна Василівна Костенко; born 19 March 1930) is a Ukrainian poet, journalist, writer, publisher, and former Soviet dissident.