What They Said: Boris Pasternak
“And remember: you must never, under any circumstances, despair. To hope and to act, these are our duties in misfortune.”
“Failure to love is almost like murder.”
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When I look at this photo and see his expression, I dont even have to read his words. Its all there. Words are only words, they are an abstraction. I dont trust words anymoore. I need to feel the image to believe.
I read that Boris Pasternak's novel, "Doktor Zhivago" gave Solzhenitsyn the courage to offer his writings for publication...a risk at the time in the Soviet Union.