“ When truth is replaced by silence,the silence is a lie. ”
A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.
~ Yevgeny Yevtushenko
How can the confessor teach/ those who are lost and sick at heart,/ when he himself, among the sinners,/ is worst, and most forsaken?/ It is only a game we play/ with other people's sins./ Besides, everyone knows/ that everyone lies confessing.
They tell me, shaking their heads:You should be kinder. You are somehow furious.I used to be kind. It didn’t last long.
Be equal to your talent, not your age. At times let the gap between them be embarrassing.
