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We're all time's captives, hostages to eternity.
Boris Pasternak
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Boris Pasternak
Age: 70 †
Born: 1890
Born: February 10
Died: 1960
Died: May 30
Novelist
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Moscow
Russian SFSR
Holiwis
Boris Leonidovich Pasternak
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Eternity
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You are eternity's hostage A captive of mine.
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As in an explosion, I would erupt with all the wonderful things I saw and understood in this world.
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