Inna Lis

“Being in love shows a person how he ought to be.”
― Anton Chekhov, Select Tales of Anton Chekov

“As a rule, however fine and deep a phrase may be, it only affects the indifferent, and cannot fully satisfy those who are happy or unhappy; that is why dumbness is most often the highest expression of happiness or unhappiness; lovers understand each other better when they are silent, and a fervent, passionate speech delivered by the grave only touches outsiders, while to the widow and children of the dead man it seems cold and trivial.”
― Anton Chekhov, The Essential Tales of Chekhov: Twenty Masterful Stories of Life, Beauty, and Emotional Perception

“If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off. If it's not going to be fired, it shouldn't be hanging there.”
― Anton Chekhov

“Going to see plays isn't what you people should do. Try looking at yourselves a little more often and see what gray lives you all lead. How much of what you say is unnecessary.”
― Anton Chekhov, The Cherry Orchard