"Perhaps my whisper was already born before my…" — Osip Mandelstam

"Perhaps my whisper was already born before my lips."

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

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I'm drawn to kids that are already born. I think some people are meant to do certain things, and I… — Angelina Jolie
I notice that all of the people who support abortion are already born. — Ronald Reagan
It would be hard to imagine Heaven without children. It wouldn't be Heaven! It would be a pretty boring place… — David Berg
Give up bearing children and bear hope and love and devotion to those already born. — D. H. Lawrence
Women are already born so far ahead ability-wise. The day men can give birth, that's when we can start talking… — Chuck Palahniuk
Have you noticed that all the people in favor of birth control are already born? — Benny Hill
I have my three brothers, and then I have my adopted sister from El Salvador, who is actually the oldest.… — Carrie Coon
Have you noticed that all the people in favour of birth control are already born? — Benny Hill
You're already born to be a champion .. — Zamri211

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