"And so it turned out that only a life similar to the life of those around us, merging with it without a ripple, is genuine life, and that an unshared happiness is not happiness."

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Source : Roger Martin du Gard, Boris Leonidovich Pasternak, Gabriela Mistral (1971). “Roger Martin du Gard: Gabriela Mistral ; Boris Pasternak”

Boris Pasternak

#Genuine Quotes #Ripple Quotes

“Like every human we have to categorize ourselves, so you kind of start to build a mythos 'cause I had no information about [ biological mother]. So you have to build a mythos around yourself. And so my mythos included me not being wanted or me being a wretched person, which is just great fertilizer for comedy.”
“When I lose my temper it's because I decide to. If I do something it's because I want to do it.”
“It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion”
“We do not obtain the most precious gifts by going in search of them but by waiting for them.”
“We must surrender ourselves so utterly that we can never own ourselves again. We must hand over self and all its rights in an eternal covenant, and give God the absolute right to own us, control us and possess us forever.”
“I don't think of myself as a rebellious artist, a lot of people have said that about me because I came from Cornwall and choose to paint people in what they considered to be an urban style instead of Cornish landscapes. I've never agreed with them. It's bullshit.”
“What I try to do in a play is put a problem on stage, head-on, without evasion.”
“Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.”

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