“As far as modern writing is concerned, it is rarely rewarding to trans...” — Boris Pasternak Quote

“As far as modern writing is concerned, it is rarely rewarding to translate it, although it might be easy. Translation is very much like copying paintings.”

“Poetry is a rich, full-bodied whistle, cracked ice crunching in pails, the night that numbs the leaf, the duel of two nightingales, the sweet pea that has run wild, Creation's tears in shoulder blades.”

“And remember: you must never, under any circumstances, despair. To hope and to act, these are our duties in misfortune.”