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

Quote by Boris Pasternak

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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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Our evenings are farewells. Our parties are testaments. So that the secret stream of suffering....

Our evenings are farewells. Our parties are testaments. So that the secret stream of suffering....

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

No bad man can be a good poet.

No bad man can be a good poet.

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...

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...

All that we call spirit and art and ecstacy only means that for one awful...

All that we call spirit and art and ecstacy only means that for one awful...

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human...

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human...