“You have a consistent character yourself and you wish all the facts of life to be consistent, but they never are. For instance you despise public service because you want work always to correspond to its aims, and that never happens. You also want the activity of each separate man to have an aim, and love and family life always to coincide––and that doesn't happen either. All the variety, charm and beauty of life are made up of light and shade.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“but the day rains over the emptiness of everything”
― The Galloping Hour: French Poems
― The Galloping Hour: French Poems
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