romanovs

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f39fc94	I'll pretend, I tell myself. Pretending is safer than believing.	believing otma pretending romanovs russia russian-revolution tsar-nicholas-ii war	Sarah Miller
9a89164	I wish I wasn't an imperial highness or an ex-grand duchess. I'm sick of people doing things to me because of what I am. Girl-in-white-dress. Short-one-with-fringe. Daughter-of-the-tsar. Child-of-the-ex-tyrant. I want people to look and see me, Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova, not the caboose on a train of grand duchesses. Someday, I promise myself, no one will be able to hear my name or look at my picture and suppose they know all about me. Someday I will do something bigger than what I am.	inspirational life otma romanovs royalty russia russian-revolution self tsar-nicholas	Sarah Miller
a2a6e2d	"We should be used to it," Tatiana reasons. "There have always been lines separating us from the rest of the world, whether they were satin ribbons or iron rails."	romanovs royalty russia russian-revolution tsar-nicholas	Sarah Miller
ea40677	My sisters and I sit together on a pair of suitcases. If we've forgotten anything, it's already too late -- our rooms have all been sealed and photographed. Anyway, Tatiana would say it's bad luck to return for something you've forgotten.	exile otma romanovs russia russian-revolution traveling tsar-nicholas-ii war	Sarah Miller
8297651	It's different now, like pushing the stop lever on my camera until nothing except the war can squeeze through the lens.	otma romanovs russia russian-revolution tsar-nicholas war	Sarah Miller

I'll pretend, I tell myself. Pretending is safer than believing.

believing otma pretending romanovs russia russian-revolution tsar-nicholas-ii war

Sarah  Miller

9a89164

I wish I wasn't an imperial highness or an ex-grand duchess. I'm sick of people doing things to me because of what I am. Girl-in-white-dress. Short-one-with-fringe. Daughter-of-the-tsar. Child-of-the-ex-tyrant. I want people to look and see me, Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova, not the caboose on a train of grand duchesses. Someday, I promise myself, no one will be able to hear my name or look at my picture and suppose they know all about me. Someday I will do something bigger than what I am.

inspirational life otma romanovs royalty russia russian-revolution self tsar-nicholas

Sarah  Miller

a2a6e2d

"We should be used to it," Tatiana reasons. "There have always been lines separating us from the rest of the world, whether they were satin ribbons or iron rails."

romanovs royalty russia russian-revolution tsar-nicholas

Sarah  Miller

ea40677

My sisters and I sit together on a pair of suitcases. If we've forgotten anything, it's already too late -- our rooms have all been sealed and photographed. Anyway, Tatiana would say it's bad luck to return for something you've forgotten.

exile otma romanovs russia russian-revolution traveling tsar-nicholas-ii war

Sarah  Miller

8297651

It's different now, like pushing the stop lever on my camera until nothing except the war can squeeze through the lens.

otma romanovs russia russian-revolution tsar-nicholas war

Sarah  Miller