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Quotation from Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak

“Man is born to live, not to prepare for life.”

Boris Pasternak (spoken by Yury Zhivago)

Doctor Zhivago, Part Two, Chapter 9 ('Varykino'), section 14, trans. Max Hayward and Manya Harari (1958)

Yury, speaking to Lara, expresses his conviction that life should be lived directly rather than subordinated to plans and theories.

Citation: "Man is born to live, not to prepare for life." — Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago, Part Two, Chapter 9 ('Varykino'), section 14, trans. Max Hayward and Manya Harari (1958). (id doctor-zhivago-q1)

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