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“I always loved you, and if one loves anyone, one loves the whole person, just as they are and not as one would like them to be. -Dolly”

Book:ANNA KARENINA

Work

ANNA KARENINA

Anna Karenina is a profound literary work that delves into the complexities of human relationships and the impact of societal expectations on individual lives. The story follows the tragic fate of Anna, a married woman who falls in love with Count Vronsky, leading to a series of dramatic events that challenge the moral and social fabric of her world. more

Author

Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer and thinker, a prominent representative of 19th-century Russian literature. His works deeply revealed social contradictions and human nature, and had a profound impact on the world. more

“At that instant he knew that all his doubts, even the impossibility of believing with his reason, of which he was aware in himself, did not in the least hinder his turning to God. All of that now floated out of his soul like dust. To whom was he to turn if not to Him in whose hands he felt himself, his soul, and his love?”

Ifs Believe Soul Reason Hands Turns Felt Doubt Dust Instant His Love Impossibility Hinder

Book:Anna Karenina: Tolstoy's Collections

Source: Anna Karenina: Tolstoy's Collections

“But that had been grief--this was joy. Yet that grief and this joy were alike outside all the ordinary conditions of life; they were loopholes, as it were, in that ordinary life through which there came glimpses of something sublime. And in the contemplation of this sublime something the soul was exalted to inconceivable heights of which it had before had no conception, while reason lagged behind, unable to keep up with it.”

Soul Reason Joy Grief Behinds Conditions Ordinary Height Contemplation Conception Sublime Glimpse Exalted Ordinary Life Loopholes

Book:ANNA KARENINA

Source: ANNA KARENINA

“if you learn to hate one or two persons... you'll soon hate millions of people.”

People Ifs Life Persons Two Hate Millions Learning

Author:Jerry Spinelli

“The propitious smiles of Heaven, can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained...”