Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
ANTON CHEKHOVBe sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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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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Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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Only one who loves can remember so well.
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Write, write, write-till your fingers break.
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If there’s any illness for which people offer many remedies, you may be sure that particular illness is incurable, I think.
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People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
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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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Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.
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The problem is that we attempt to solve the simplest questions cleverly, thereby rendering them unusually complex. One should seekthe simple solution.
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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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If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
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