"My turn shall also come: I sense the…" — Osip Mandelstam

"My turn shall also come: I sense the spreading of a wing."

— Osip Mandelstam

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12 Quotes by Osip Mandelstam

Osip Mandelstam has 12 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I love my poor earth because I have seen no other.
Logic is the kingdom of the unexpected. To think logically means to be continually amazed.
Poetry is the plough that turns up time in such a way that the abyssal strata of time, its black…
And I walk out of space Into an overgrown garden of values, And tear up seeming stability And self-comprehension of…
A raznochinets needs no memory—it is enough for him to tell of the books he has read, and his biography…
Only in Russia poetry is respected--it gets people killed.
Where to start? Everything cracks and shakes, The air trembles with similes, No one world's better than another; the earth…
I was stopped in the dense Soviet wood by bandits who called themselves my judges.
Take from my palms, to soothe your heart, a little honey, a little sun, in obedience to Persephone's bees. You…
Perhaps the whisper was born before lips, And the leaves in treelessness circled and flew, And those, to whom we…
Perhaps my whisper was already born before my lips.

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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