Quotes

William Faulkner

"I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning."

— William Faulkner, Writer

Herman Melville

"From hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee."

— Herman Melville, Writer

Yasunari Kawabata

"The snow country was a blank whiteness, and the mountain wind carried the voice of the pines."

— Yasunari Kawabata, Writer

Orhan Pamuk

"What makes life worth living is not just the happy moments but the depth of sorrow that gives meaning to joy."

— Orhan Pamuk, Writer

Naguib Mahfouz

"Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life."

— Naguib Mahfouz, Writer

Chinghiz Aitmatov

"The mountains were before us, and the mountains will be after us. But we — we are only a flash in the eternal darkness."

— Chinghiz Aitmatov, Writer

Vladimir Mayakovsky

"I want the pen to work like a bayonet."

— Vladimir Mayakovsky, Poet

Sergei Yesenin

"I am the last poet of the village."

— Sergei Yesenin, Poet

Marina Tsvetaeva

"A poet's duty is not to be understood, but to be felt."

— Marina Tsvetaeva, Poet

Anna Akhmatova

"I don't have fear of death. Nothing will happen. It's just a frontier."

— Anna Akhmatova, Poet

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