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About Joseph Brodsky
Russian and American poet and essayist
Joseph Brodsky was a Russian and American poet and essayist. He is known for poetry and prose that moved between Russian and English, and for an essayistic voice that made him a major literary figure in both cultures. Brodsky wrote as a poet and essayist across two languages, and his work is often associated with reflection, exile, and the life of the mind. He is credited on this site with 153 quotes.
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- “The imprisoning of a writer is the same as the burning of a book.”Joseph Brodsky
- “I'm the happiest combination you can think of. I'm a Russian poet, an English essayist, and a citizen of the…”Joseph Brodsky
- “One always pulls the trigger out of self-interest and quotes history to avoid responsibility or pangs of cons…”Joseph Brodsky
- “The real history of consciousness starts with one's first lie.”Joseph Brodsky
More Grief quotes
- “Shhh, Eena, it’s going to be okay. I promise, you’ll get through this.” She didn’t fight him, but grabbed ont…”Richelle E. Goodrich
- “What a difficult time that must have been for my mother, only twenty-four years old, grieving for her mother,…”Dorothy Bush Koch
- “O, that this too too solid flesh would meltThaw and resolve itself into a dew!Or that the Everlasting had not…”William Shakespeare
More Fear quotes
- “To act morally is not to act out of fear of punishment; it is not to act as one is commanded to act. Rather,…”Steven M. Cahn
- “My son, Wolf, was born when I was past 40 and the author of a best-selling novel. That means he has grown up…”Dorothy Allison
- “I'm afraid of needles, except acupuncture needles.”Catherine O'Hara
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Books by Joseph Brodsky
Selected Poems, 1968-1996
2020
Less Than One
2020