"

It was hard and sour, but, as Poushkin said, the illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths. I saw a happy man, one whose deare...more

"

Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.

"

Even in Siberia there is happiness.

"

Nadya Zelenin and her mother had returned from a performance of Eugene Onegin at the theatre. Going into her room, the girl swiftly threw off her dres...more

"

Men are made for happiness and anyone who is completely happy has a right to say to himself: "I am doing God's will on earth."

"

Happiness does not exist, nor should it, and if there is any meaning or purpose in life, they are not in our peddling little happiness, but in somethi...more

"

They were tough and sour, but as Pushkin said, 'Dearer to us than a host of truths is an exalting illusion.' I saw a happy man, whose cherished dream ...more

"

Only one who loves can remember so well.

"

And only now, when he was gray-haired, had he fallen in love properly, thoroughly, for the first time in his life.

"

I've never been in love. I've dreamt of it day and night, but my heart is like a fine piano no one can play because the key is lost.

"

...there’s a great deal which I don’t understandin people. In a human being everything should be beautiful: the face, the clothes, the soul, the thoug...more