“He had heard that women often did care for ugly and ordinary men, but he did not believe it, for he judged by himself, and he could not himself have loved any but beautiful, mysterious, and exceptional women.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“Don't steal sweet rolls.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“I already love in you your beauty, but I am only beginning to love in you that which is eternal and ever precious – your heart, your soul. Beauty one could get to know and fall in love with in one hour and cease to love it as speedily; but the soul one must learn to know. Believe me, nothing on earth is given without labour, even love, the most beautiful and natural of feelings,But the more difficult the labour and hardship, the higher the reward,”
Count Leo Tolstoi to Valeria Arsenev, his fiance. November 2, 1856”
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Count Leo Tolstoi to Valeria Arsenev, his fiance. November 2, 1856”
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“Loving the same man or woman all your life, why, that's like supposing the same candle could last you all your life”
― The Kreutzer Sonata
― The Kreutzer Sonata
“as long as there is life, there is still happiness”
― War and Peace
― War and Peace
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