बहुत देर हो चुकी! किसी भी भाषा के ये दो सबसे दर्दनाक शब्द हैं।
Too late! The two saddest words in any tongue.
Too late! The two saddest words in any tongue.
[जब उनसे पूछा गया कि उनके कितने पति रहे हैं:] दो तो मेरे अपने थे, मेरे प्यारे, और बाकि कुछ मेरी सहेलियों के।
[When asked how many husbands she'd had:] Two of my own, my dear, and several of my friends'.
[When asked how many husbands she'd had:] Two of my own, my dear, and several of my friends'.
[निजिंस्की के बारे में:] आह, उन्होंने तो मेरी साँसें ही रोक दी थीं! उस इंसान का शरीर, उसका सधा हुआ नियंत्रण, उसकी फौलादी नाज़ुकता... वह संगीत का एक सुर था, वह खुद नृत्य था!
[On Nijinksy:] Ah, he took my breath away! The body that man had, the controlled power, the iron fragility. He was a note of music. He was dance!
[On Nijinksy:] Ah, he took my breath away! The body that man had, the controlled power, the iron fragility. He was a note of music. He was dance!
रखमानिनोफ के बारे में: वह उन सबमें सबसे ज़्यादा रूसी थे, बर्फ़ के बीच खड़े किसी गिरजाघर जैसे। पवित्र, सर्द, असीम—वह पूरी रूसियत का अक्स थे।
[On Rachmaninoff:] He was the most Russian of them all, like a cathedral in the snow. Holy, wintry, infinite, he was all the Russias.
[On Rachmaninoff:] He was the most Russian of them all, like a cathedral in the snow. Holy, wintry, infinite, he was all the Russias.
आलसी लोग हमेशा दूसरों से ज़्यादा मेहनत करते हैं; उन्हें बस काम जल्दी से निपटाकर दोबारा लेटने की जल्दी जो होती है।
Lazy people always work harder than anyone else; they're so eager to get through and lie down again.
Lazy people always work harder than anyone else; they're so eager to get through and lie down again.
मुझे हमेशा से बुजुर्गों की संगति पसंद रही है। अफसोस कि अब वे आसानी से मिलते ही नहीं।
I always loved being with older people. Now they're so difficult to find.
I always loved being with older people. Now they're so difficult to find.
मैंने हमेशा अपने पीछे अपने पुल जलाए हैं (यानी वापसी के सारे रास्ते खुद बंद किए हैं)।
I've always burned my bridges before me.
I've always burned my bridges before me.
उन दिनों मैं एक छरहरी काया, एक अलौकिक रूप और ऐसे चेहरे वाली लड़की थी जिसे लेकर मुझे पूरा विश्वास था कि मर्दों को पागल कर देता है। इसमें कोई दो राय नहीं कि मुझ जैसी अहंकारी इंसान शायद ही कभी पैदा हुई होगी। मुझे डैग्मार गोडोव्स्की से बेइंतिहा मोहब्बत थी, और यह एक ऐसा जुनून है जो वक्त की हर कसौटी पर खरा उतरा है।
In those days I was a slip of a thing with a divine figure and a face I was certain drove men wild. There is no doubt that I was the most conceited thing that ever lived. I simply adored Dagmar Godowsky and it was a passion that has withstood the test of time.
In those days I was a slip of a thing with a divine figure and a face I was certain drove men wild. There is no doubt that I was the most conceited thing that ever lived. I simply adored Dagmar Godowsky and it was a passion that has withstood the test of time.