As in an explosion, I would erupt with all the wonderful things I saw and understood in this world. Boris Pasternak Read Quote
Work is the order of the day, just as it was at one time, with our first starts and our best efforts. Do you remember? Therein lies its delight. It brings back the forgotten; one’s stores of energy, seemingly exhausted, come back to life. Boris Pasternak Read Quote
What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible power of unarmed truth. Boris Pasternak Read Quote
In view of the meaning given to this honor in the community to which I belong, I should abstain from the undeserved prize that has been awarded to me. Do not meet my voluntary refusal with ill will. Boris Pasternak Read Quote
At the moment of childbirth, every woman has the same aura of isolation, as though she were abandoned, alone. Boris Pasternak Read Quote
Art has two constant, two unending concerns: It always meditates on death and thus always creates life. All great, genuine art resembles and continues the Revelation of St John. Boris Pasternak Read Quote
As far as modern writing is concerned, it is rarely rewarding to translate it, although it might be easy. Translation is very much like copying paintings. Boris Pasternak Read Quote
I come here to speak poetry. It will always be in the grass. It will also be necessary to bend down to hear it. It will always be too simple to be discussed in assemblies. Boris Pasternak Read Quote
That’s metaphysics, my dear fellow. It’s forbidden me by my doctor, my stomach won’t take it. Boris Pasternak Read Quote
They don’t ask much of you. They only want you to hate the things you love and to love the things you despise. Boris Pasternak Read Quote
