She was here on earth to make sense of its wild enchantments.
BORIS PASTERNAKI have the impression that if he didn’t complicate his life so needlessly, he would die of boredom.
More Boris Pasternak Quotes
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I love you wildly, insanely, infinitely.
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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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He comes as a guest to the feast of existence, and knows that what matters is not how much he inherits but how he behaves at the feast, and what people remember and love him for.
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Departure beyond the borders of my country is for me equivalent to death.
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In every generation there has to be some fool who will speak the truth as he sees 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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Art is unthinkable without risk and spiritual self-sacrifice.
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The whole wide world is a cathedral; I stand inside, the air is calm, And from afar at times there reaches My ear the echo of a psalm.
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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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They don’t ask much of you. They only want you to hate the things you love and to love the things you despise.
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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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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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You are eternity’s hostage A captive of mine.
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How wonderful to be alive, he thought. But why does it always hurt?
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You and I, it’s as though we have been taught to kiss in heaven and sent down to earth together, to see if we know what we were taught.
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