No bad man can be a good poet.

Quote by Boris Pasternak

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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...

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...

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

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...

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...

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...

Immensely grateful, touched, proud, astonished, abashed.

Immensely grateful, touched, proud, astonished, abashed.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

The greatest gift is to give people your enlightenment, to share it. It has to...

The greatest gift is to give people your enlightenment, to share it. It has to...

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

Be ready to be surprised

Be ready to be surprised