This is the generation whose first cry of life was the Hungarian uprising.

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For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.

For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.

No matter under what circumstances you leave it, home does not cease to be home....

No matter under what circumstances you leave it, home does not cease to be home....

Twentieth-century Russian literature has produced nothing special except perhaps one novel and two stories by...

Twentieth-century Russian literature has produced nothing special except perhaps one novel and two stories by...

For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most...

For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most...

Who included me among the ranks of the human race?

Who included me among the ranks of the human race?

Bad literature is a form of treason.

Bad literature is a form of treason.

Life, the way it really is, is a battle not between Bad and Good but...

Life, the way it really is, is a battle not between Bad and Good but...

After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if...

After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if...

What I like about cities is that everything is king size, the beauty and the...

What I like about cities is that everything is king size, the beauty and the...

Snobbery? But it's only a form of despair.

Snobbery? But it's only a form of despair.

For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is,...

For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is,...

Life is a game with many rules but no referee. One learns how to play...

Life is a game with many rules but no referee. One learns how to play...

Man is what he reads.

Man is what he reads.

Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.

Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.

It is well to read everything of something, and something of everything.

It is well to read everything of something, and something of everything.

How delightful to find a friend in everyone.

How delightful to find a friend in everyone.

Life - the way it really is - is a battle not between Bad and...

Life - the way it really is - is a battle not between Bad and...

A language is a more ancient and inevitable thing than any state.

A language is a more ancient and inevitable thing than any state.

For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.

For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.

I do not believe in political movements. I believe in personal movement, that movement of...

I do not believe in political movements. I believe in personal movement, that movement of...