Be sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
ANTON CHEKHOVTry to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Not one of our mortal gauges is suitable for evaluating non-existence, for making judgments about that which is not a person.
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It’s not a matter of old or new forms; a person writes without thinking about any forms, he writes because it flows freely from his soul.
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In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with human beings it is the other way round: a lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar.
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My love is like a stone tied round my neck; it’s dragging me down to the bottom; but I love my stone. I can’t live without it.
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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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If our life has a meaning, an aim, it has nothing to do with our personal happiness, but something wiser and greater.
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People should be beautiful in every way – in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.
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There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
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Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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The government is not God. It does not have the right to take away that which it can’t return even if it wants to.
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Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.
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I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
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