323 Quotes by Joseph Brodsky

Murder's a blatant way of dying,a tautology, the art form of parrots,a manual matter, the knack for catchinglife's fly in the hairs of the gunsightby youngsters acquainted with blood through eitherhearsay or violating virgins.

The real history of consciousness starts with one's first lie.

... Now to die of griefwould mean, I'm afraid, to die belatedly, while latecomersare unwelcome, particularly in the future. ...

A bullet’s velocity in low temperaturesgreatly depends on its target’s virtues

We have, all of us, more reasons for staying than for marching. What's the point in marching if you are only going to catch up with a very sad tune?

[T]he accumulation of things not spelled out, not properly articulated, may result in neurosis.

Повезло и тебе: где еще, кроме разве что фотографии, ты пребудешь всегда без морщин, молода, весела, глумлива? Ибо время, столкнувшись с памятью, узнает о своем бесправии. Я курю в темноте и вдыхаю гнилье отлива.

To have another life, one ought to be able to wrap up the first one, and the job should be done neatly.

What paradise and vacation have in common is that you have to pay for both, and the coin is your previous life.