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Boris Pasternak Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

In every generation there has to be some fool who will speak the truth as he sees it Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary Picture Quote #1

I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life hasn't revealed it's beauty to them Picture Quote #1

I come here to speak poetry. It will always be in the grass. It will also be necessary to bend down to hear it. It will always be too simple to be discussed in assemblies Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Art always serves beauty, and beauty is the joy of possessing form, and form is the key to organic life since no living thing can exist without it Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

As before the collapse, the setting sun brushed the tiles, brought out the warm brown glow on the wallpaper, and hung the shadow of the birch on the wall as if it were a woman’s scarf Picture Quote #1

And so it turned out that only a life similar to the life of those around us, merging with it without a ripple, is genuine life, and that an unshared happiness is not happiness Picture Quote #1

I have the impression that if he didn’t complicate his life so needlessly, he would die of boredom Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Farewell, my great one, my own, farewell, my pride, farewell, my swift, deep, dear river, how I loved your daylong splashing, how I loved to plunge into your cold waves Picture Quote #1

Only the solitary seek the truth, and they break with all those who don’t love it sufficiently Picture Quote #1

If it’s so painful to love and absorb electricity, how much more painful it is to be a woman, to be the electricity, to inspire love Picture Quote #1

And remember: you must never, under any circumstances, despair. To hope and to act, these are our duties in misfortune Picture Quote #1

Our evenings are farewells. Our parties are testaments. So that the secret stream of suffering. May warm the cold of life Picture Quote #1

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All mothers are mothers of great people, and it is not their fault that life later disappoints them Picture Quote #1

He realised, more vividly than ever before, that art had two constant, two unending preoccupations: it is always meditating upon death and it is always thereby creating life Picture Quote #1

And when the war broke out, its real horrors, its real dangers, its menace of real death were a blessing compared with the inhuman reign of the lie, and they brought relief because they broke the spell of the dead letter Picture Quote #1

The most extraordinary discoveries are made when the artist is overwhelmed by what he has to say Picture Quote #1

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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 (Boris Pasternak Quotes) In every generation there has to be some fool who will speak the truth as he sees it (Boris Pasternak Quotes) 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 Pasternak Quotes) Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary (Boris Pasternak Quotes) I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life hasn't revealed it's beauty to them (Boris Pasternak Quotes) I come here to speak poetry. It will always be in the grass. It will also be necessary to bend down to hear it. It will always be too simple to be discussed in assemblies (Boris Pasternak Quotes) 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 (Boris Pasternak Quotes) Art always serves beauty, and beauty is the joy of possessing form, and form is the key to organic life since no living thing can exist without it (Boris Pasternak Quotes) 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 (Boris Pasternak Quotes) As before the collapse, the setting sun brushed the tiles, brought out the warm brown glow on the wallpaper, and hung the shadow of the birch on the wall as if it were a woman’s scarf (Boris Pasternak Quotes) And so it turned out that only a life similar to the life of those around us, merging with it without a ripple, is genuine life, and that an unshared happiness is not happiness (Boris Pasternak Quotes) I have the impression that if he didn’t complicate his life so needlessly, he would die of boredom (Boris Pasternak Quotes) Oh, what a love it was, utterly free, unique, like nothing else on earth! Their thoughts were like other people’s songs (Boris Pasternak Quotes) Farewell, my great one, my own, farewell, my pride, farewell, my swift, deep, dear river, how I loved your daylong splashing, how I loved to plunge into your cold waves (Boris Pasternak Quotes) Only the solitary seek the truth, and they break with all those who don’t love it sufficiently (Boris Pasternak Quotes) If it’s so painful to love and absorb electricity, how much more painful it is to be a woman, to be the electricity, to inspire love (Boris Pasternak Quotes) And remember: you must never, under any circumstances, despair. To hope and to act, these are our duties in misfortune (Boris Pasternak Quotes) Our evenings are farewells. Our parties are testaments. So that the secret stream of suffering. May warm the cold of life (Boris Pasternak Quotes) All mothers are mothers of great people, and it is not their fault that life later disappoints them (Boris Pasternak Quotes) He realised, more vividly than ever before, that art had two constant, two unending preoccupations: it is always meditating upon death and it is always thereby creating life (Boris Pasternak Quotes) And when the war broke out, its real horrors, its real dangers, its menace of real death were a blessing compared with the inhuman reign of the lie, and they brought relief because they broke the spell of the dead letter (Boris Pasternak Quotes) The most extraordinary discoveries are made when the artist is overwhelmed by what he has to say (Boris Pasternak Quotes)

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