“All the girls in the world were divided into two classes: one class included all the girls in the world except her, and they had all the usual human feelings and were very ordinary girls; while the other class -herself alone- had no weaknesses and was superior to all humanity.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.”
― Gooseberries and Other Stories
― Gooseberries and Other Stories
“Remembrance and reflection how allied!
What thin partitions Sense from Thought divide!”
― Essay on Man and Other Poems
What thin partitions Sense from Thought divide!”
― Essay on Man and Other Poems
“Without knowledge of what I am and why I am here, it is impossible to live, and since I cannot know that, I cannot live either. In an infinity of time, in an infinity of matter, and an infinity of space a bubble-organism emerges while will exist for a little time and then burst, and that bubble am I.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“I think that to find out what love is really like, one must first make a mistake and then put it right.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
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