What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embra... - Boris Pasternak

This quote is attributed to Boris Pasternak.

"What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth; there always remains something left over, aside, forgotten."

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Poet Novelist Russian 1890–1960

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