Even at the time—twenty years old—I said to myself: better to go hungry, to go to prison, to be a tramp, than to sit at an office desk ten hours a day. There is no particular daring in this vow, but I have not broken it and shall not do so. The wisdom of my grandfathers sat in my head: we are born for the pleasure of work, fighting, love, we are born for that and nothing else. (Guy de Maupassant)
She would lift her peignoir above her knees and say to her husband: 'Give baby a kiss...' - Isaac Babel
She would lift her peignoir above her knees and say to her husband: 'Give baby a kiss...'
- Isaac Babel
There is no iron that can enter the human heart with such stupefying effect, as a period placed at just the right moment. - Isaac Babel
There is no iron that can enter the human heart with such stupefying effect, as a period placed at just the right moment.
The orange sky is rolling across the sky like a severed head, gentle light glimmers in the ravines among the clouds, the banners of the sunset are fl… - Isaac Babel
The orange sky is rolling across the sky like a severed head, gentle light glimmers in the ravines among the clouds, the banners of the sunset are fl…
A well-thought-out story doesn’t need to resemble real life. Life itself tries with all its might to resemble a well-crafted story. - Isaac Babel
A well-thought-out story doesn’t need to resemble real life. Life itself tries with all its might to resemble a well-crafted story.
No iron spike can pierce a human heart as icily as a period in the right place. - Isaac Babel
No iron spike can pierce a human heart as icily as a period in the right place.
If the world could write by itself, it would write like Tolstoy. - Isaac Babel
If the world could write by itself, it would write like Tolstoy.
No iron can pierce the human heart as chillingly as a full stop placed at the right time. - Isaac Babel
No iron can pierce the human heart as chillingly as a full stop placed at the right time.
Even at the time—twenty years old—I said to myself: better to go hungry, to go to prison, to be a tramp, than to sit at an office desk ten hours a da… - Isaac Babel
Even at the time—twenty years old—I said to myself: better to go hungry, to go to prison, to be a tramp, than to sit at an office desk ten hours a da…
For me the whole world is like a gigantic theater in which I am the only spectator without opera glasses. The orchestra plays the prelude to the thir… - Isaac Babel
For me the whole world is like a gigantic theater in which I am the only spectator without opera glasses. The orchestra plays the prelude to the thir…
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