I kept thinking how marvellous it would be if I could somehow tear my heart, which felt so heavy, out of my chest.
ANTON CHEKHOVBrevity – the sister of talent.
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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It’s very hard, feeling that you’re no more than a piece of unwanted furniture in this world.
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If I had listened to the critics I’d have died drunk in the gutter
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What seems to us serious, significant and important will, in future times, be forgotten or won’t seem important at all.
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Women can’t forgive failure.
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Man is what he believes.
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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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Just as I shall lie alone in the grave, so, in essence, do I live alone.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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When all is said and done, no literature can outdo the cynicism of real life; you won’t intoxicate with one glass someone who has already drunk up a whole barrel.
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The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
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Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.
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The snow has not yet left the earth but spring is already asking to enter your heart.
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The unhappy are egotistical, base, unjust, cruel, and even less capable of understanding one another than are idiots. Unhappiness does not unite people, but separates them.
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