Immensely grateful, touched, proud, astonished, abashed.

Quote by Boris Pasternak

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As far as modern writing is concerned, it is rarely rewarding to translate it, although...

As far as modern writing is concerned, it is rarely rewarding to translate it, although...

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...

You fall into my arms. You are the good gift of destruction's path, When life...

You fall into my arms. You are the good gift of destruction's path, When life...

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Art has two constant, two unending concerns: It always meditates on death and thus always...

Art has two constant, two unending concerns: It always meditates on death and thus always...

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...

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...

It snowed and snowed, the whole world over, Snow swept the world from end to...

It snowed and snowed, the whole world over, Snow swept the world from end to...

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...

Man is born to live and not to prepare to live.

Man is born to live and not to prepare to live.

Love is not weakness. It is strong. Only the sacrament of marriage can contain it.

Love is not weakness. It is strong. Only the sacrament of marriage can contain it.

No bad man can be a good poet.

No bad man can be a good poet.

That's metaphysics, my dear fellow. It's forbidden me by my doctor, my stomach won't take...

That's metaphysics, my dear fellow. It's forbidden me by my doctor, my stomach won't take...

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...

I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and...

I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and...

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...

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...

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...