“It's good when a man deceives your expectations, when he doesn't correspond to the preconceived notion of him. To belong to a type is the end of a man, his condemnation. If he doesn't fall into any category, if he's not representative, half of what's demanded of him is there. He's free of himself, he has achieved a grain of immortality.”
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Russian poet, writer, and translator. Boris Pasternak is renowned for his profound psychological insight and beautiful poetic language. His works widely cover themes such as love, humanity, morality, and philosophy, and have had a profound impact on 20th-century literature. more
“Every man must find out for himself in what particular fashion he can be saved.”
“A person can't pick up they children and just squeeze them to which-a-way they wants them to be.”
“A world of fully developed individuals is immune to the cult of collectivism.”
“when you're a poet you can dish out whatever's on your mind and you don't have to apologize for it”