"I want to return to the time where teaching kids to go down to a bomb shelter is still considered crazy. But I can't remember what we were like then. And it is impossible to write about this war. I guess I should be quiet a little longer – one minute every day at 9 a.m. and for the rest of my life. Then I can tell you everything about war" - more from the incredible Victoria #Amelina RIP - Diary of Silence
https://www.apofenie.com/letters-and-essays/2023/3/21/diary-of-silence
translated by Yulia Lyubka and Kate Tsurkan
Diary of Silence — APOFENIE

by Victoria Amelina Translated from the Ukrainian by Yulia Lyubka and Kate Tsurkan Since the start of the war, I have developed a cough – it chokes me as soon as I try to say something long and meaningful. Some say it's psychosomatic, while others say it’s because I sleep on the floor. Refugees sle

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