There is something beautiful, touching and poetic when one person loves more than the other, and the other is indifferent.
ANTON CHEKHOVDon’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
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If you wish women to love you be original; I know a man who used to wear felt boots summer and winter & women fell in love with him.
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If you want to work on your art, work on your life.
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My holy of holies is the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and absolute freedom–freedom from violence and falsehood, no matter how the last two manifest themselves.
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I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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This life of ours, human life is like a flower gloriously blooming in a meadow: along comes a goat, eats it up–no more flower.
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Be sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
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They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.
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Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.
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Man is what he believes.
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My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying.
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