To be a woman is a great adventure; To drive men mad is a heroic thing.
BORIS PASTERNAKThe last moments slipped by, one by one, irretrievable.
More Boris Pasternak Quotes
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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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The most extraordinary discoveries are made when the artist is overwhelmed by what he has to say.
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How many things in the world deserve our loyalty? Very few indeed. I think one should be loyal to immortality, which is another word for life, a stronger word for it.
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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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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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Poetry is a rich, full-bodied whistle, cracked ice crunching in pails, the night that numbs the leaf, the duel of two nightingales, the sweet pea that has run wild, Creation’s tears in shoulder blades.
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Mother Russia is on the move, she can’t stand still, she’s restless and can’t find rest, she’s talking and she can’t stop.
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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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An unshared happiness is not happiness.
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As in an explosion, I would erupt with all the wonderful things I saw and understood in this world.
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You are eternity’s hostage A captive of mine.
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It is not the object described that matters, but the light that falls on it.
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We must discover security within ourselves.
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All mothers are mothers of great people, and it is not their fault that life later disappoints them.
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The last moments slipped by, one by one, irretrievable.
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