If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
ANTON CHEKHOVMy 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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You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist.
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I kept thinking how marvellous it would be if I could somehow tear my heart, which felt so heavy, out of my chest.
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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
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You ask me what life is. That’s like asking what a carrot is. A carrot is a carrot, and there’s nothing more to know.
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The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.
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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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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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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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You only have to start a job of work to realize how few decent, honest folk there are about.
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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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A good upbringing means not that you won’t spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won’t notice it when someone else does.
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Women can’t forgive failure.
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People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
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Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
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