The present has its élan because it is always on the edge of the unknown and one misunderstands the past unless one remembers that this unknown was once part of its nature.


"Boris Pasternak: Unsafe Conduct", p. 14 - The Myth Makers: European and Latin American Writers (1979)

V. S. Pritchett Quotes

The present has its élan because it is always on the edge of the unknown and one misunderstands the past unless one remembers that this unknown was...

The present has its élan because it is always on the edge of the unknown and one misunderstands the past unless one remembers that this unknown was...

The present has its élan because it is always on the edge of the unknown and one misunderstands the past unless one remembers that this unknown was...

The present has its élan because it is always on the edge of the unknown and one misunderstands the past unless one remembers that this unknown was...