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 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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alone
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In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemys country whole and intact to shatter and destroy it is not so good. – Sun Tzu

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All I owe the world is my art. – Sherman Alexie

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History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed art has remembered the people, because they created. – William Morris

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Education is the art of making man ethical. – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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Marriage is miserable unless you find the right person that is your soulmate and that takes a lot of looking. – Marvin Gaye

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Hence, within the space of two generations there has been a complete revolution in the attitude of the trades-unions toward the women working in their trades. – Florence Kelley

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