No deep and strong feeling, such as we may come across here and there in the world, is unmixed with compassion. The more we love, the more the object of our love seems to us to be a victim. Boris Pasternak compassiondeepfelt Change image and share on social
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 assemblybenddiscuss Change image and share on social
Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary. Boris Pasternak artdiscoverextraordinary Change image and share on social
Love is not weakness. It is strong. Only the sacrament of marriage can contain it. Boris Pasternak lovemarriagesacrament Change image and share on social
What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible power of unarmed truth. Boris Pasternak beastcenturycudgel Change image and share on social
Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us. Boris Pasternak giftgrantgreat Change image and share on social
As in an explosion, I would erupt with all the wonderful things I saw and understood in this world. Boris Pasternak eruptexplosionthing Change image and share on social
What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life always spills over the rim of every cup. Boris Pasternak cupembracefactual Change image and share on social
Immensely grateful, touched, proud, astonished, abashed. Boris Pasternak abashastonishgrateful Change image and share on social
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 concerncopyeasy Change image and share on social
