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“All the diversity, all the charm, and all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina

“He looked at her as a man might look at a faded flower he had plucked, in which it was difficult for him to trace the beauty that had made him pick and so destroy it”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina

“All we can know is that we know nothing. And that's the height of human wisdom.”
― War and Peace
― War and Peace

“But that's the whole aim of civilization: to make everything a source of enjoyment.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina

“But every acquisition that is disproportionate to the labor spent on it is dishonest.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina

“Just think! This whole world of ours is only a speck of mildew sprung up on a tiny planet, yet we think we can have something great - thoughts,, actions! They are all but grains of sand”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina

“He knew she was there by the joy and terror that took possession of his heart [...] Everything was lit up by her. She was the smile that brightened everything around.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina

“She put both her hands on his shoulders and gazed at him long, with a deep look of ecstasy and yet searchingly. She scrutinized his face to make up for the time she had not seen him. She compared, as she did at every interview with him, the image her fancy painted of him (incomparably finer than, and impossible in actual existence) with his real self”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina

“I felt a wish never to leave that room - a wish that dawn might never come, that my present frame of mind might never change.”
― 小械屑械泄薪芯械 褋褔邪褋褌懈械
― 小械屑械泄薪芯械 褋褔邪褋褌懈械

“The acquisition by dishonest means and cunning,' said Levin, feeling that he was incapable of clearly defining the borderline between honesty and dishonesty. 'Like the profits made by banks,' he went on. 'This is evil, I mean, the acquisition of enormous fortunes without work, as it used to be with the spirit monopolists. Only the form has changed. Le roi est mort, vive le roi! Hardly were the monopolies abolished before railways and banks appeared: just another way of making money without work.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina

“The more mental effort he made the clearer he saw that it was undoubtedly so: that he had really forgotten and overlooked one little circumstance in life - that Death would come and end everything, so that it was useless to begin anything, and that there was no help for it, Yes it was terrible but true”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina

“In everything, almost in everything, I wrote I was guided by the need of collecting ideas which, linked together, would be the expression of myself, though each individual idea, expressed separately in words, loses its meaning, is horribly debased when only one of the links, of which it forms a part, is taken by itself. But the interlinking of these ideas is not, I think, an intellectual process, but something else, and it is impossible to express the source of this interlinking directly in words; it can only be done indirectly by describing images, actions, and situations in words.”
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“It is dreadful that one cannot tear our the past by the roots. We cannot tear it out but we can hide the memory of it.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina

“The whole detachment was so quite that I could distinctly hear all the mingling sounds of night, so full of enchanting mystery: the mournful howling of distant jackals, now like a despairing lament, now like laughter; the sonorous, monotonous song of crickets, frogs, quails; a rumbling noise whose cause baffled me and which seemed to be coming even nearer; and all of Nature's barely audible nocturnal sounds that defy explanation or definition and merge in one rich, beautiful harmony that we call the stillness of the night.”
― The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories
― The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories
“鈥� 携 褏芯褌械谢 褋泻邪蟹邪褌褜 褌芯谢褜泻芯, 褔褌芯 胁褋械 屑褘褋谢懈, 泻芯褌芯褉褘械 懈屑械褞褌 芯谐褉芯屑薪褘械 锌芯褋谢械写褋褌胁懈褟, 鈥� 胁褋械谐写邪 锌褉芯褋褌褘. 袙褋褟 屑芯褟 屑褘褋谢褜 胁 褌芯屑, 褔褌芯 械卸械谢懈 谢褞写懈 锌芯褉芯褔薪褘械 褋胁褟蟹邪薪褘 屑械卸写褍 褋芯斜芯泄 懈 褋芯褋褌邪胁谢褟褞褌 褋懈谢褍, 褌芯 谢褞写褟屑 褔械褋褌薪褘屑 薪邪写芯 褋写械谢邪褌褜 褌芯谢褜泻芯 褌芯 卸械 褋邪屑芯械. 袙械写褜 褌邪泻 锌褉芯褋褌芯.
袩褜械褉 袘械蟹褍褏芯胁
袥. 袧. 孝芯谢褋褌芯泄, "袙芯泄薪邪 懈 屑懈褉", 协锌懈谢芯谐, 效邪褋褌褜 锌械褉胁邪褟”
― 袙芯泄薪邪 懈 屑懈褉 I
袩褜械褉 袘械蟹褍褏芯胁
袥. 袧. 孝芯谢褋褌芯泄, "袙芯泄薪邪 懈 屑懈褉", 协锌懈谢芯谐, 效邪褋褌褜 锌械褉胁邪褟”
― 袙芯泄薪邪 懈 屑懈褉 I

“I valued his love; I felt that he thought me better than all other young women in the world, and I could not help wishing him to go on being deceived about me. Without wishing to deceive him, I did deceive him, and I became better myself while deceiving him.”
― 小械屑械泄薪芯械 褋褔邪褋褌懈械
― 小械屑械泄薪芯械 褋褔邪褋褌懈械

“Well, my friends, don鈥檛 let my ways surprise you. I have read Malatesta, Tolstoy and Zola, so I have understood many things that I couldn鈥檛 before”
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“All the evil in man, one would think, should disappear on contact with Nature, the most spontaneous expression of beauty and goodness.”
― The Death of Ivan Ilych & Other Stories
― The Death of Ivan Ilych & Other Stories

“- 携? 袛邪, 褟 芯蟹邪斜芯褔械薪; 薪芯, 泻褉芯屑械 褌芯谐芯, 屑械薪褟 褝褌芯 胁褋械 褋褌械褋薪褟械褌, - 褋泻邪蟹邪谢 芯薪. - 孝褘 薪械 屑芯卸械褕褜 锌褉械写褋褌邪胁懈褌褜 褋械斜械, 泻邪泻 写谢褟 屑械薪褟, 写械褉械胁械薪褋泻芯谐芯 卸懈褌械谢褟, 胁褋械 褝褌芯 写懈泻芯, 泻邪泻 薪芯谐褌懈 褌芯谐芯 谐芯褋锌芯写懈薪邪, 泻芯褌芯褉芯谐芯 褟 胁懈写械谢 褍 褌械斜褟...
- 袛邪, 褟 胁懈写械谢, 褔褌芯 薪芯谐褌懈 斜械写薪芯谐芯 袚褉懈薪械胁懈褔邪 褌械斜褟 芯褔械薪褜 蟹邪懈薪褌械褉械褋芯胁邪谢懈, - 褋屑械褟褋褜, 褋泻邪蟹邪谢 小褌械锌邪薪 袗褉泻邪写褜懈褔.
- 袧械 屑芯谐褍, - 芯褌胁械褔邪谢 袥械胁懈薪. - 孝褘 锌芯褋褌邪褉邪泄褋褟, 胁芯泄写懈 胁 屑械薪褟, 褋褌邪薪褜 薪邪 褌芯褔泻褍 蟹褉械薪懈褟 写械褉械胁械薪褋泻芯谐芯 卸懈褌械谢褟. 袦褘 胁 写械褉械胁薪械 褋褌邪褉邪械屑褋褟 锌褉懈胁械褋褌懈 褋胁芯懈 褉褍泻懈 胁 褌邪泻芯械 锌芯谢芯卸械薪懈械, 褔褌芯斜 褍写芯斜薪芯 斜褘谢芯 懈屑懈 褉邪斜芯褌邪褌褜; 写谢褟 褝褌芯谐芯 芯斜褋褌褉懈谐邪械屑 薪芯谐褌懈, 蟹邪褋褍褔懈胁邪械屑 懈薪芯谐写邪 褉褍泻邪胁邪. 袗 褌褍褌 谢褞写懈 薪邪褉芯褔薪芯 芯褌锌褍褋泻邪褞褌 薪芯谐褌懈, 薪邪褋泻芯谢褜泻芯 芯薪懈 屑芯谐褍褌 写械褉卸邪褌褜褋褟, 懈 锌褉懈褑械锌谢褟褞褌 胁 胁懈写械 蟹邪锌芯薪芯泻 斜谢褞写械褔泻懈, 褔褌芯斜 褍卸 薪懈褔械谐芯 薪械谢褜蟹褟 斜褘谢芯 写械谢邪褌褜 褉褍泻邪屑懈.”
― 袗薪薪邪 袣邪褉械薪懈薪邪. 孝芯屑 1
- 袛邪, 褟 胁懈写械谢, 褔褌芯 薪芯谐褌懈 斜械写薪芯谐芯 袚褉懈薪械胁懈褔邪 褌械斜褟 芯褔械薪褜 蟹邪懈薪褌械褉械褋芯胁邪谢懈, - 褋屑械褟褋褜, 褋泻邪蟹邪谢 小褌械锌邪薪 袗褉泻邪写褜懈褔.
- 袧械 屑芯谐褍, - 芯褌胁械褔邪谢 袥械胁懈薪. - 孝褘 锌芯褋褌邪褉邪泄褋褟, 胁芯泄写懈 胁 屑械薪褟, 褋褌邪薪褜 薪邪 褌芯褔泻褍 蟹褉械薪懈褟 写械褉械胁械薪褋泻芯谐芯 卸懈褌械谢褟. 袦褘 胁 写械褉械胁薪械 褋褌邪褉邪械屑褋褟 锌褉懈胁械褋褌懈 褋胁芯懈 褉褍泻懈 胁 褌邪泻芯械 锌芯谢芯卸械薪懈械, 褔褌芯斜 褍写芯斜薪芯 斜褘谢芯 懈屑懈 褉邪斜芯褌邪褌褜; 写谢褟 褝褌芯谐芯 芯斜褋褌褉懈谐邪械屑 薪芯谐褌懈, 蟹邪褋褍褔懈胁邪械屑 懈薪芯谐写邪 褉褍泻邪胁邪. 袗 褌褍褌 谢褞写懈 薪邪褉芯褔薪芯 芯褌锌褍褋泻邪褞褌 薪芯谐褌懈, 薪邪褋泻芯谢褜泻芯 芯薪懈 屑芯谐褍褌 写械褉卸邪褌褜褋褟, 懈 锌褉懈褑械锌谢褟褞褌 胁 胁懈写械 蟹邪锌芯薪芯泻 斜谢褞写械褔泻懈, 褔褌芯斜 褍卸 薪懈褔械谐芯 薪械谢褜蟹褟 斜褘谢芯 写械谢邪褌褜 褉褍泻邪屑懈.”
― 袗薪薪邪 袣邪褉械薪懈薪邪. 孝芯屑 1

“Hard as Stepan Arkadyich tried to be a solicitous father and husband, he never could remember that he had a wife and children.”
― Anna Karenina, Vol 3 of 8
― Anna Karenina, Vol 3 of 8

“Tolstoy was not associated with any revolutionary group but his writings had a tremendous influence. A continuous stream of Utopians, rebels and cranks passed in and out of his doors. When I was a guest at Yasnaya Polyana, his country estate, I was shocked by the depth of his despondency, and after he had forecast, with a foresight given only to genius, the bloody upheavals to come, I left his presence deeply regretting that age, moral distress and spiritual loneliness rendered him incapable of looking joyfully forward to what many believed would be the birth of a great and enduring democratic Russian Republic.”
― Revolution Why, How, When?
― Revolution Why, How, When?

“There are no conditions of life to which a man cannot accustom himself, especially if he sees that every one around him lives in the same way.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina

“A great Russian writer once wrote that happy families are all alike, while each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Like all oft-quoted lines from bona fide geniuses, it remains a truism beyond question and yet from the moment I first read that famous first line I had my doubts. Raised, as I was, in an unhappy family that shattered apart before I was out of the single digits, I always believed the exotic and differentiated lives were lived on the other side of the dividing line between happy and not. The happy families I knew seemed to burst with possibilities; the permutations of their varied interests and eccentricities, the diversity of their achievements, the myriad of strange traditions and customs culled from their everyday happiness seemed unending.”
― Past Due
― Past Due

“Simonson was one of those people, chiefly of a masculine type, whose actions follow the dictates of their reason and are determined by it. Novodvorov belonged, on the contrary, to the class of people of a feminine type, whose reason is directed partly towards the attainment of aims set by their feelings, partly to the justification of acts instigated by their feelings.”
― Resurrection
― Resurrection

“It is a commonplace fact that there is no one so low in the world that he cannot find some one viler than himself, and consequently puff with pride and self-contentment.”
― The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Short Stories
― The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Short Stories

“You are vile, you are loathsome to me!' she cried, growing more and more excited. 'Yout tears are just water! You never loved me; there's no heart, no nobility in your! You're disgusting, vile, a stranger, yes, a total stranger to me!' With pain and spite she uttered this word so terrible for her - 'stranger'.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
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