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Quote by Leo Tolstoy

“What better time is there in our lives than when the two best of virtues-innocent gaiety and a boundless yearning for affection-are our sole objects of pursuit?”

Book:Childhood

Work

Childhood

Childhood delves into the complexities of early life experiences and their profound influence on personal development and identity. 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

“COME HOME, TENAR! COME HOME!” In the deep valley, in the twilight, the apple trees were on the eve of blossoming; here and there among the shadowed boughs one flower had opened early, rose and white, like a faint star. Down the orchard aisles, in the thick, new, wet grass, the little girl ran for the joy of running; hearing the call she did not come at once, but made a long circle before she turned her face toward home. The mother waiting in the doorway of the hut, with the firelight behind her, watched the tiny figure running and bobbing like a bit of thistledown blown over the darkening grass beneath the trees.”

Ends Loss Childhood Sorrow Motherhood Innocence Beginnings

Book:The Tombs of Atuan

Source: The Tombs of Atuan

“My whole life, you have made decisions for me." "Your whole life," Georgiana pointed out, "totals nine years.”

Humor Childhood Parenthood

Book:Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover

Source: Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover

“Not having yet passed through those bitter experiences which enforce upon older years circumspection and coldness, I deprived myself of the pure delight of a fresh, childish instinct for the absurd purpose of trying to resemble grown-up people.”

Childhood Tolstoy

Book:Childhood

Source: Childhood