Art is interested in life at the moment when the ray of power is passing through it. — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
At the moment of childbirth, every woman has the same aura of isolation, as though she were abandoned, alone. — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
“For a moment she rediscovered the purpose of her life. She was here on earth to grasp the meaning of its wild… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
Even so, one step from my grave, I believe that cruelty, spite, The powers of darkness will in time Be crushed by… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
The whole wide world is a cathedral; I stand inside, the air is calm, And from afar at times there reaches My… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
When a great moment knocks on the door of your life, it is often no louder than the beating of your heart,… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
“They all laughed and clapped, taking it for a deliberate witticism, while he had no idea what he was saying, so great… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
“They loved each other greatly. Most people experience love, without noticing that there is anything remarkable about it. To them - and… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
It was not until after the coming of Christ that time and humans could breathe freely. It was not until after him… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
“This was a time to prepare for the cold weather, to store up fire and wood. But in those days of the… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
“The main trouble, the root of the future evil, was loss of faith in the value of one’s own opinion. People imagined… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
Work is the order of the day, just as it was at one time, with our first starts and our best efforts.… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
“The saddest thing of all was that their party represented a deviation from the conditions of the time. It was impossible to… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
“The saddest thing of all was that their party represented a deviation from the conditions of the time. It was impossible to imagine that… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share
No deep and strong feeling, such as we may come across here and there in the world, is unmixed with compassion. The more we… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share
Art has two constant, two unending concerns: It always meditates on death and thus always creates life. All great, genuine art resembles and continues… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share
I think that if the beast who sleeps in man could be held down by threats of any kind, whether of jail or retribution,… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share
And so it turned out that only a life similar to the life of those around us, merging with it without a ripple, is… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share
I come here to speak poetry. It will always be in the grass. It will also be necessary to bend down to hear it.… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share
“I'll stay with you a little, my unforgettable delight, for as long as my arms and my hands and my lips remember you. I'll… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share
If it's so painful to love and absorb electricity, how much more painful it is to be a woman, to be the electricity, to… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share
I don't like purely philosophical works. I think a little philosophy should be added to life and art by way of seasoning, but to… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share
“But sometimes, to enable her to bear her life, she needed the accompaniment of an inward music and she could not always compose it… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share
“We’ve been lucky. The autumn happened to be dry and warm. We managed to dig the potatoes before the rain and cold set in.… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share
Departure beyond the borders of my country is for me equivalent to death. — Boris Pasternak Copy Share
“As he scribbled his odds and ends, he made a note reaffirming his belief that art always serves beauty, and beauty is delight in… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share
