Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us. Boris Pasternak giftgrantgreat Change image and share on social
That's metaphysics, my dear fellow. It's forbidden me by my doctor, my stomach won't take it. Boris Pasternak deardoctorfellow Change image and share on social
As for the men in power, they are so anxious to establish the myth of infallibility that they do their utmost to ignore truth. Boris Pasternak anxiousestablishignore Change image and share on social
You fall into my arms. You are the good gift of destruction's path, When life sickens more than disease. And boldness is the root of beauty. Which draws us together. Boris Pasternak armbeautyboldness 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
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
I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life hasn't revealed its beauty to them. Boris Pasternak beautyfalllife Change image and share on social
At the moment of childbirth, every woman has the same aura of isolation, as though she were abandoned, alone. Boris Pasternak abandonaurachildbirth 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
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
