Joseph Brodsky
There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.
books
Joseph Brodsky
For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.
attitude
Joseph Brodsky
What I like about cities is that everything is king size, the beauty and the ugliness.
beauty
Joseph Brodsky
I do not believe in political movements. I believe in personal movement, that movement of the soul when a man who looks at himself is so ashamed that he tries to make some sort of change - within himself, not on the outside.
change
Joseph Brodsky
It is well to read everything of something, and something of everything.
education
Joseph Brodsky
Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
family
Joseph Brodsky
Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
friendship
Joseph Brodsky
The real history of consciousness starts with one's first lie.
history