Boris Pasternak
Boris Pasternak
Boris Leonidovich Pasternakwas a Soviet and Russian poet, novelist, and literary translator. In his native Russian, Pasternak's first book of poems, My Sister, Life, is one of the most influential collections ever published in the Russian language. Pasternak's translations of stage plays by Goethe, Schiller, Calderon and Shakespeare remain very popular with Russian audiences...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth10 February 1890
CountryRussian Federation
fall writing light
It is not the object described that matters, but the light that falls on it.
time believe light
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.
hate want despise
They don't ask much of you. They only want you to hate the things you love and to love the things you despise.
fall insomnia light
A conscious attempt to fall asleep is sure to produce insomnia, to try to be conscious of one's own digestion is a sure way to upset the stomach. Consciousness is a poison when we apply it to ourselves. Consciousness is a light directed outward. it's like the headlights on a locomotive—turn them inward and you'd have a crash.
death dog home
It was not until after the coming of Christ that time and humans could breathe freely. It was not until after him that people began to live toward the future. Humans do not die in a ditch like a dog-but at home in history, while the work toward the conquest of death is in full swing; they die sharing in this work.
auras isolation moments
At the moment of childbirth, every woman has the same aura of isolation, as though she were abandoned, alone.
book flower eye
Lara walked along the tracks following a path worn by pilgrims and then turned into the fields. Here she stopped and, closing her eyes, took a deep breath of the flower-scented air of the broad expanse around her. It was dearer to her than her kin, better than a lover, wiser than a book. For a moment she rediscovered the purpose of her life. She was here on earth to grasp the meaning of its wild enchantment and to call each thing by its right name, or, if this were not within her power, to give birth out of love for life to successors who would do it in her place.
inspirational life truth
What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life always spills over the rim of every cup.
hurt doe alive
How wonderful to be alive, he thought. But why does it always hurt?
romantic couple kissing
You and I, it's as though we have been taught to kiss in heaven and sent down to earth together, to see if we know what we were taught.
life leadership morning
Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.
mother people faults
All mothers are mothers of great people, and it is not their fault that life later disappoints them.
adventure men mad
To be a woman is a great adventure; To drive men mad is a heroic thing.
inspirational heart opportunity
When a great moment knocks on the door of your life, it is often no louder than the beating of your heart, and it is very easy to miss it.