All mothers are mothers of great people, and it is not their fault that life later disappoints them.
BORIS PASTERNAK
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An unshared happiness is not happiness.
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Our evenings are farewells. Our parties are testaments. So that the secret stream of suffering. May warm the cold of life.
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You are eternity’s hostage A captive of mine.
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As far as modern writing is concerned, it is rarely rewarding to translate it, although it might be easy. Translation is very much like copying paintings.
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Even so, one step from my grave, I believe that cruelty, spite, The powers of darkness will in time Be crushed by the spirit of light.
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What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life always spills over the rim of every cup.
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I am caught like a beast at bay. Somewhere are people, freedom, light, But all I hear is the baying of the pack, There is no way out for me.
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A corner draft fluttered the flame And the white fever of temptation Upswept its angel wings that cast A cruciform shadow.
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I used to be very revolutionary, but now I think that nothing can be gained by brute force. People must be drawn to good by goodness.
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Failure to love is almost like murder.
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Love is not weakness. It is strong. Only the sacrament of marriage can contain it.
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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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Most people experience love, without noticing that there is anything remarkable about it.
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Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.
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At the moment of childbirth, every woman has the same aura of isolation, as though she were abandoned, alone.
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