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“We practically always excuse things when we understand them”
― A Hero of Our Time
― A Hero of Our Time
“What tormented Ivan Ilyich most was the deception, the lie, which for some reason they all accepted, that he was not dying but was simply ill, and the only need keep quiet and undergo a treatment and then something very good would result.”
― The Death Of Ivan Ilyich
― The Death Of Ivan Ilyich
“He filled a shelf with a small army of books and read and read; but none of it made sense. .. They were all subject to various cramping limitations: those of the past were outdated, and those of the present were obsessed with the past.”
― Eugene Onegin
― Eugene Onegin
“Always the same. Now a spark of hope flashes up, then a sea of despair rages, and always pain; always pain, always despair, and always the same.”
― The Death Of Ivan Ilyich
― The Death Of Ivan Ilyich
“She began to wish he would die; yet she did not want him to die because then his salary would cease. And this irritated her against him still more. She considered herself dreadfully unhappy just because not even his death could save her,”
― The Death Of Ivan Ilyich
― The Death Of Ivan Ilyich
Luka’s 2025 Year in Books
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