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.
ANTON CHEKHOVPeople don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
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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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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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A man and a woman marry because both of them do not know what to do with themselves.
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The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
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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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When a person is born, he can embark on only one of three roads of life: if you go right, the wolves will eat you; if you go left, you’ll eat the wolves; if you go straight, you’ll eat yourself.
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Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible.
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Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
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There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you’re angry, laugh when something is funny, and answer when you’re asked.
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There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
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People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
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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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Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
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Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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