Boris Pasternak Quotes & Sayings
22 most famous Boris Pasternak quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He was a Russian novelist who passed away on 30 May, 1960.
“Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary.”
“Man is born to live and not to prepare to live.”
“Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.”
“What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible power of unarmed truth.”
“No bad man can be a good poet.”
“Love is not weakness. It is strong. Only the sacrament of marriage can contain it.”
“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.”
“Even so, one step from my grave, I believe that cruelty, spite, The powers of darkness will in time, Be crushed by the spirit of light.”
“They don't ask much of you. They only want you to hate the things you love and to love the things you despise.”
“Immensely grateful, touched, proud, astonished, abashed.”
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