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Yury Andreyevich Zhivago Quotes

11 of the best book quotes from Yury Andreyevich Zhivago

#1
“It was against the rules to remain indifferent to it.”

author
Boris Pasternak
book
Doctor Zhivago
character
Yury
concepts
rulesindifferenceopinions
#2
“It’s not for nothing that you stand at the end of my life ... just as ... at its beginning.”

author
Boris Pasternak
book
Doctor Zhivago
characters
LaraYury
concepts
fateloversreasons
#3
“I never turn back halfway, never abandon what I’ve started.”

author
Boris Pasternak
book
Doctor Zhivago
characters
LaraYury
concepts
don't give upself-motivationperserverance
#4
“The unfree man always idolizes his slavery.”

author
Boris Pasternak
book
Doctor Zhivago
characters
MishaYury
concepts
SlaveryidolizesCommunism
#5
“They were all there, all side by side, and some did not recognize each other, while others had never known each other.”

author
Boris Pasternak
book
Doctor Zhivago
characters
LaraMishaYusupkaYury
concepts
connectionunrecognizableothers
#6
“I used to be in a very revolutionary mood, but now I think that we’ll gain nothing by violence.”

author
Boris Pasternak
book
Doctor Zhivago
character
Yury
concepts
revolutionaryviolencechange of heart
#7
“It’s impossible, without its affecting your health, to show yourself day after day contrary to what you feel.”

author
Boris Pasternak
book
Doctor Zhivago
characters
YuryMisha
concepts
impossiblehealthcovering up
#8
“Just now I was looking out the window of the train and thinking. What can be higher than peace in the family and work? The rest isn’t in our power.”

author
Boris Pasternak
book
Doctor Zhivago
character
Yury
concepts
peacefamilyworkhigher power
#9
″[That] was why Yura was so shaken by his mother’s death, because he had been lost in that forest with her and was suddenly left alone in it, without her.”

author
Boris Pasternak
book
Doctor Zhivago
character
Yury
concepts
lossleft alonelosing parents
#10
“The roof over the whole of Russia has been torn off, and we and all the people find ourselves under the open sky.”

author
Boris Pasternak
book
Doctor Zhivago
character
Yury
concepts
Revolutionpossibilitiespeople
#11
“Every herd is a refuge for giftlessness . . . Only the solitary seek the truth, and they break with those who don’t love it sufficiently.”

author
Boris Pasternak
book
Doctor Zhivago
characters
YuryKolya
concepts
Refugefaithtruthsolitary

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