You fall into my arms. You are the good gift of destruction’s path, When life sickens more than disease And boldness is the root of beauty – Which draws us together.
BORIS PASTERNAKIt is not the object described that matters, but the light that falls on it.
More Boris Pasternak Quotes
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But what are pity, conscience, or fear To the brazen pair, compared With the living sorcery Of their hot embraces?
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Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.
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And why is it, thought Lara, that my fate is to see everything and take it all so much to heart?
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Salvation lies not in the faithfulness to forms, but in the liberation from them.
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As for the men in power, they are so anxious to establish the myth of infallibility that they do their utmost to ignore truth.
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You are eternity’s hostage A captive of mine.
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When a great moment knocks on the door of your life, it is often no louder than the beating of your heart, and it is very easy to miss it.
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And remember: you must never, under any circumstances, despair. To hope and to act, these are our duties in misfortune.
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I have the impression that if he didn’t complicate his life so needlessly, he would die of boredom.
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We’re all time’s captives, hostages to eternity.
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Oh, what a love it was, utterly free, unique, like nothing else on earth! Their thoughts were like other people’s songs.
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In this era of world wars, in this atomic age, values have changed. We have learned that we are guests of existence, travelers between two stations. We must discover security within ourselves.
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In life it is more necessary to lose than to gain. A seed will only germinate if it dies.
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How wonderful to be alive, he thought. But why does it always hurt?
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We must discover security within ourselves.
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