Joseph Brodsky

"Life—the way it really is—is a battle not between good and bad, but between bad and worse"

"There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them."

"There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them."

"How delightful to find a friend in everyone."

"For darkness restores what light cannot repair."

"Life—the way it really is—is a battle not between good and bad, but between bad and worse"

"Life—the way it really is—is a battle not between good and bad, but between bad and worse"