Andrei Platonov Quotes

From our ugliness will grow the soul of the world.
Andrei Platonov

Soul, Grow, Ugliness

A man who's never seen war is like a woman who's never given birth - soft in the head.
Andrei Platonov

War, Woman, Head

At the time of the Revolution, dogs howled day and night all over Russia.
Andrei Platonov

Time, Night, Revolution

If they don't think, people act senselessly.
Andrei Platonov

What if we all suddenly get carried away thinking - who will be left to act?
Andrei Platonov

Thinking, Away, Act

Without truth I feel ashamed to be alive.
Andrei Platonov

Truth, Alive, Ashamed

Does the world have nothing inside but sorrow?
Andrei Platonov

Nothing, Sorrow, Inside

Happiness will come from materialism, not from meaning.
Andrei Platonov

Happiness, Meaning

I have a trend of my own.
Andrei Platonov

I lived and languished.
Andrei Platonov

I want my word to be up to the scale of the feat of arms performed by the Russian soldier.
Andrei Platonov

Soldier, Word, Russian

If kids can forget their own mothers but still have a sense of comrade Lenin, then Soviet power really is here to stay!
Andrei Platonov

Power, Forget, Sense

My body gets weak without truth.
Andrei Platonov

Truth, Body, Weak

The working class is my home country, and my future is linked with the proletariat.
Andrei Platonov

Home, Future, Country

We can't feel anything - all that's left inside us is dust.
Andrei Platonov

Left, Inside, Dust

We hate our squalor.
Andrei Platonov

When you've nothing to live for, you get to thinking inside your head.
Andrei Platonov

Live, Nothing, Thinking

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Biography

Nationality: Russian

Type: Writer

Born: September 1, 1899

Died: January 5, 1951

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