Marina Tsvetaeva quotes

Marina Tsvetaeva was a Russian poet and writer, known for her passionate and innovative verse. Her work explored themes of love, exile, and the struggles of the human spirit. She remains a towering figure in twentieth-century Russian literature and a poignant symbol of artistic resilience. Here are 8 of her quotes:

Wings are freedom only when they are wide open in flight. On one's back they are a heavy weight. (Marina Tsvetaeva)
Women talk about love and silent about lovers, men - on the contrary: Speaking of mistresses, but are silent about love. View quote
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A deception that elevates us is dearer than a host of low truths. View quote
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What is the main thing in love? To know and to hide. To know about the one you love and to hide that you love. At times the hiding (shame) overpowers the knowing (passion). The passion for the hidden - the passion for the revealed. View quote
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There are books so alive that you're always afraid that while you weren't reading, the book has gone and changed, has shifted like a river; while you went on living, it went on living too, and like a river moved on and moved away. No one has stepped twice into the same river. But did anyone ever step twice into the same book? View quote
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My desk, most loyal friend thank you. You've been with me on every road I've taken. My scar and my protection. View quote
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In this most Christian of worlds all poets are Jews. View quote
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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? View quote
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