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Man is born to live, not to prepare for life.

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Pasternak, Boris. До́ктор Жива́го [Dr. Zhivago]. Feltrinelli, 1957, pt. 2, ch. 9, sect. 14.

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Pasternak, Boris. Doctor Zhivago, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. Vintage International, 2011, pt. 2, ch. 9, sect. 14.

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Departure beyond the borders of my country is for me equivalent to death.

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Pasternak, Boris. Letter to Nikita Khrushchev. 30 Oct. 1958.

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I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life hasn't revealed its beauty to them.

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Pasternak, Boris. До́ктор Жива́го [Dr. Zhivago]. Feltrinelli, pt. 2, ch. 13, sect. 12.

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Pasternak, Boris. Doctor Zhivago, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. Vintage International, 2011, pt. 2, ch. 13, sect. 12.

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