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Osip Mandelstam quotes: I am wearied to death with life.There's nothing it has that I want,but I celebrate my naked earth,there's no other world to descant.

I am wearied to death with life.
There's nothing it has that I want,
but I celebrate my naked earth,
there's no other world to descant.

Osip Mandelstam quotes: I was stopped in the dense Soviet wood by bandits who called themselves my judges.

I was stopped in the dense Soviet wood by bandits who called themselves my judges.

Osip Mandelstam quotes: The wolfhound century leaps at my shoulders,But I am no wolf by blood.

The wolfhound century leaps at my shoulders,
But I am no wolf by blood.

Osip Mandelstam quotes: For us, all that's left is kissestattered as the little beesthat die when they leave the hive.

For us, all that's left is kisses
tattered as the little bees
that die when they leave the hive.

Osip Mandelstam quotes: Logic is the kingdom of the unexpected. To think logically means to be continually amazed.

Logic is the kingdom of the unexpected. To think logically means to be continually amazed.

Osip Mandelstam quotes: I love my poor earth because I have seen no other.

I love my poor earth because I have seen no other.

Osip Mandelstam quotes: Perhaps my whisper was already born before my lips.

Perhaps my whisper was already born before my lips.

Osip Mandelstam quotes: I carry Sorrow, a greybird, sluggish, in my chest.

I carry Sorrow, a grey
bird, sluggish, in my chest.

Osip Mandelstam quotes: I envy everyone secretly,I secretly love everything.

I envy everyone secretly,
I secretly love everything.

Osip Mandelstam quotes: The earth is buzzing with metaphor

The earth is buzzing with metaphor

Osip Mandelstam quotes: My turn shall also come: I sense the spreading of a wing.

My turn shall also come: I sense the spreading of a wing.

Osip Mandelstam quotes: The people need poetry that will be their own secretTo keep them awake forever,And bathe them in the bright-haired wave of its breathing.

The people need poetry that will be their own secret
To keep them awake forever,
And bathe them in the bright-haired wave of its breathing.

Osip Mandelstam quotes: Poetry is the plough that turns up time in such a way that the abyssal strata of time, its black earth, appear on the surface.

Poetry is the plough that turns up time in such a way that the abyssal strata of time, its black earth, appear on the surface.

Osip Mandelstam quotes: Everything is moved by love.

Everything is moved by love.

Osip Mandelstam quotes: The Armenian language cannot be worn out; its boots are stone. Well, certainly, the thick-walled words, the layers of air in the semi-vowels.

The Armenian language cannot be worn out; its boots are stone. Well, certainly, the thick-walled words, the layers of air in the semi-vowels.

Osip Mandelstam quotes: A raznochinets needs no memory - it is enough for him to tell of the books he has read, and his biography is done.

A raznochinets needs no memory - it is enough for him to tell of the books he has read, and his biography is done.

Osip Mandelstam quotes: Where to start? Everything cracks and shakes, The air trembles with similes, No one world's better than another; the earth moans with metaphors.

Where to start? Everything cracks and shakes, The air trembles with similes, No one world's better than another; the earth moans with metaphors.

Osip Mandelstam quotes: Only in Russia poetry is respectedit gets people killed.

Only in Russia poetry is respected
it gets people killed.

Osip Mandelstam quotes: I want you now so awfully, No longer jealous-green, I bring myself as offering Up to the guillotine.

I want you now so awfully, No longer jealous-green, I bring myself as offering Up to the guillotine.