"What shall I do, singer and first-born, in a world where the deepest black is grey, and inspiration is kept in a thermos? with all this immensity in a measured world?"

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Source : Marina Tsvetaeva (2011). “Bride of Ice: New Selected Poems”, p.86, Carcanet

Marina Tsvetaeva

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“As far as the style, I was fascinated by surrealism.”
“The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master.”
“But what is work and what is not work? Is it work to dig, to carpenter, to plant trees, to fell trees, to ride, to fish, to hunt, to feed chickens, to play the piano, to take photographs, to build a house, to cook, to sew, to trim hats, to mend motor bicycles? All of these things are work to somebody, and all of them are play to somebody. There are in fact very few activities which cannot be classed either as work or play according as you choose to regard them.”
“Acting has always been a passion of mine, so any opportunity that allows me to do that is definitely of interest to me.”
“I told him the truth, that I loved him and didn't regret anything about our lives together. But do we ever 'tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me God' as my father used to say, to those we love? Or even to ourselves? Don't even the best and most fortunate of lives hint at other possibilities, at a different kind of sweetness and, yes, bitterness too? Isn't this why we can't help feeling cheated, even when we know we haven't been?”
“I often call my current work pornographic - when I don't, I can always be sure someone else will.”
“I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts.”
“I always do things before I go on a case and when I leave a case. I even do that when I'm out on the road.”

Source : Source: dailydead.com

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