There are books so alive that you're always afraid that while you weren't reading, the book has gone and changed, has shifted like a river; while you went on living, it went on living too, and like a river moved on and moved away. No one has stepped twice into the same river. But did anyone ever step twice into the same book?
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This quote is just one of 3 total Marina Tsvetaeva quotes in our collection. Marina Tsvetaeva is known for saying 'There are books so alive that you're always afraid that while you weren't reading, the book has gone and changed, has shifted like a river; while you went on living, it went on living too, and like a river moved on and moved away. No one has stepped twice into the same river. But did anyone ever step twice into the same book?' as well as some of the following quotes.
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This quote is just one of 3 total Marina Tsvetaeva quotes in our collection. Marina Tsvetaeva is known for saying 'There are books so alive that you're always afraid that while you weren't reading, the book has gone and changed, has shifted like a river; while you went on living, it went on living too, and like a river moved on and moved away. No one has stepped twice into the same river. But did anyone ever step twice into the same book?' as well as some of the following quotes.