The writer is the Faust of modern society, the only surviving individualist in a mass age. To his orthodox contemporaries he seems a semi-madman.

Quote by Boris Pasternak

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

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.

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...

No bad man can be a good poet.

No bad man can be a good poet.

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...

Immensely grateful, touched, proud, astonished, abashed.

Immensely grateful, touched, proud, astonished, abashed.