At the moment of childbirth, every woman has the same aura of isolation, as though she were abandoned, alone.
Boris PasternakIn every generation there has to be some fool who will speak the truth as he sees it.
Boris PasternakBut what are pity, conscience, or fear To the brazen pair, compared With the living sorcery Of their hot embraces?
Boris PasternakI used to be very revolutionary, but now I think that nothing can be gained by brute force. People must be drawn to good by goodness.
Boris PasternakDon't be upset. Don't listen to me. I only meant that I am jealous of a dark, unconscious element, something irrational, unfathomable. I am jealous of your toilet articles, of the drops of sweat on your skin, of the germs in the air you breathe which could get into your blood and poison you. And I am jealous of Komarovsky, as if he were an infectious disease. Someday he will take you away, just as certainly as death will someday separate us. I know this must seem obscure and confused, but I can't say it more clearly. I love you madly, irrationally, infinitely.
Boris Pasternak