And remember: you must never, under any circumstances, despair. To hope and to act, these are our duties in misfortune.
Boris PasternakThey don't ask much of you. They only want you to hate the things you love and to love the things you despise.
Boris PasternakThat's metaphysics, my dear fellow. It's forbidden me by my doctor, my stomach won't take it.
Boris PasternakNo deep and strong feeling, such as we may come across here and there in the world, is unmixed with compassion. The more we love, the more the object of our love seems to us to be a victim.
Boris Pasternak