No deep and strong feeling, such as we may come across here and there in the world, is unmixed with compassion. The more we love, the more the object of our love seems to us to be a victim.

Quote by Boris Pasternak

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In view of the meaning given to this honor in the community to which I...

In view of the meaning given to this honor in the community to which I...

Work is the order of the day, just as it was at one time, with...

Work is the order of the day, just as it was at one time, with...

As for the men in power, they are so anxious to establish the myth of...

As for the men in power, they are so anxious to establish the myth of...

No bad man can be a good poet.

No bad man can be a good poet.

Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary...

Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary...

At the moment of childbirth, every woman has the same aura of isolation, as though...

At the moment of childbirth, every woman has the same aura of isolation, as though...

What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life...

What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life...

And she finally stopped playing their song, when she realized she was dancing alone.

And she finally stopped playing their song, when she realized she was dancing alone.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

They don't ask much of you. They only want you to hate the things you...

They don't ask much of you. They only want you to hate the things you...

What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible...

What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible...

Even so, one step from my grave, I believe that cruelty, spite, The powers of...

Even so, one step from my grave, I believe that cruelty, spite, The powers of...

As in an explosion, I would erupt with all the wonderful things I saw and...

As in an explosion, I would erupt with all the wonderful things I saw and...

I come here to speak poetry. It will always be in the grass. It will...

I come here to speak poetry. It will always be in the grass. It will...

Immensely grateful, touched, proud, astonished, abashed.

Immensely grateful, touched, proud, astonished, abashed.

The writer is the Faust of modern society, the only surviving individualist in a mass...

The writer is the Faust of modern society, the only surviving individualist in a mass...

The great majority of us are required to live a life of constant duplicity. Your...

The great majority of us are required to live a life of constant duplicity. Your...

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and...

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and...

If you're lucky enough to be different, don't ever change.

If you're lucky enough to be different, don't ever change.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.