Yevgeny Zamyatin

You are afraid of it because it is stronger than you; you hate it because you are afraid of it; you love it because you cannot subdue it to your will. Only the unsubduable can be loved. ↗

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

#love

A man is like a novel: until the very last page you don't know how it will end. Otherwise it wouldn't be worth reading. ↗

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

#knowing #life #novel #people #worth

There is no final one; revolutions are infinite. ↗

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

#revolution

True literature can exist only where it is created, not by diligent and trustworthy functionaries, but by madmen, hermits, heretics, dreamers, rebels, and skeptics. ↗

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

#literature

The only means of ridding man of crime is ridding him of freedom. ↗

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

#freedom

You're in a bad way! Apparently, you have developed a soul. ↗

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

#freedom

All of life in its complexity and beauty is forever minted in the gold of words. ↗

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

#beauty

knowledge, absolutely sure of its infallibility, is faith ↗

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

#faith #religion #science #faith

...Those two, in paradise, were given a choice: happiness without freedom, or freedom without happiness. There was no third alternative... ↗

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

#freedom

Literature is painting, architecture, and music. ↗

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

#art #creativity #literature #music #painting