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> [I wanted to write; I sought all possible paths of personal liberation, but I could never sacrifice a living instant of life for the sake of a line to be written, my balance for the sake of a manuscript, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-berberova/i-wanted-to-write-i-sought-all-possible-paths-of-personal-liberation/)

[Nina Berberova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-berberova/)

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## More by Nina Berberova

> [Moscow, Rome, London, Paris stay in place. Leningrad and New York float, spreading all their sails, cutting space with their prows, and can disappear,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-berberova/moscow-rome-london-paris-stay-in-place-leningrad-and-new-york-float/)

[Nina Berberova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-berberova/)

> [Pearls ... have a way of dying when separated from their owner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-berberova/pearls-have-a-way-of-dying-when-separated-from-their-owner/)

[Nina Berberova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-berberova/)

> [I had learnt to seek intensity rather than happiness, not joys and prosperity but more of life, a concentrated sense of life, a strengthened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-berberova/i-had-learnt-to-seek-intensity-rather-than-happiness-not-joys-and/)

[Nina Berberova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-berberova/)

> [my choices were partly conditioned by the two great laws - of biology and sociology - for I do not conceive of myself outside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-berberova/my-choices-were-partly-conditioned-by-the-two-great-laws-of-biology/)

[Nina Berberova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-berberova/)

> [It looks now as if everything has been profitable to me. And if the payment has sometimes been excessive, it was afer all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-berberova/it-looks-now-as-if-everything-has-been-profitable-to-me-and-if-the/)

[Nina Berberova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-berberova/)

> [Paris is not a city, it is the image, the symbol of France, its today and yesterday, the reflection of its history, its geography…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-berberova/paris-is-not-a-city-it-is-the-image-the-symbol-of-france-its-today/)

[Nina Berberova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-berberova/)

> [For many years I used the pronoun 'we.' Now, as in my youth, I go to sleep and wake up alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-berberova/for-many-years-i-used-the-pronoun-we-now-as-in-my-youth-i-go-to-sleep/)

[Nina Berberova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-berberova/)

> [The idea came to me that I was, am, and will be, but perhaps will not become. This did not scare me. There was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-berberova/the-idea-came-to-me-that-i-was-am-and-will-be-but-perhaps-will-not/)

[Nina Berberova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-berberova/)

> [I had learnt to seek intensity — more of life, a concentrated sense of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-berberova/i-had-learnt-to-seek-intensity-more-of-life-a-concentrated-sense-of/)

[Nina Berberova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-berberova/)

> [“So we stood on the corner by the stationery shop and were deeply insincere with each other. --The Tattered Cloak”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-berberova/so-we-stood-on-the-corner-by-the-stationery-shop-and-were-deeply/)

[Nina Berberova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-berberova/)

> [ \[On New York:\] ... a city rose before me. It was narrow and tall like a gothic temple, surrounded by water, and ... it… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-berberova/on-new-york-a-city-rose-before-me-it-was-narrow-and-tall-like-a/)

[Nina Berberova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-berberova/)

> [I wanted to write; I sought all possible paths of personal liberation, but I could never sacrifice a living instant of life for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-berberova/i-wanted-to-write-i-sought-all-possible-paths-of-personal-liberation/)

[Nina Berberova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-berberova/)

> [I think that an anthill is better than a nest ... that in the anthill among a hundred thousand or a million you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-berberova/i-think-that-an-anthill-is-better-than-a-nest-that-in-the-anthill/)

[Nina Berberova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-berberova/)

> [ \[On Paris:\] It exists, constant, eternal, surrounding us who live in it, and it is in us. We love it or hate it, but… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-berberova/on-paris-it-exists-constant-eternal-surrounding-us-who-live-in-it-and/)

[Nina Berberova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-berberova/)

> [Doesn't the theory of relativity concern literature too? In our world there is no longer any room for the privileged observer, as there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-berberova/doesn-t-the-theory-of-relativity-concern-literature-too-in-our-world/)

[Nina Berberova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-berberova/)

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