Quote by Boris Pasternak
Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about

Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary. – Boris Pasternak

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I come here to speak poetry. It will always be in the grass. It will also be necessary to bend down to hear it. It will always be too simple to be discussed in assemblies. – Boris Pasternak

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I dont like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isnt of much value. Life hasnt revealed its beauty to them. – Boris Pasternak

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At the moment of childbirth, every woman has the same aura of isolation, as though she were abandoned, alone. – Boris Pasternak

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Trying to force creativity is never good. – Sarah McLachlan

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There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for some men it is quite as difficult to record an observation in brief and plain language. – William Osler

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The first mistake of art is to assume that its serious. – Lester Bangs

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