Anton Chekhov - The Seagull (1896)

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It's not a matter of old or new forms; a person writes without thinking about any forms, he writes because it flows freely from his soul.

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People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.

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I try to catch every sentence, every word you and I say, and quickly lock all these sentences and words away in my literary storehouse because they might come in handy.

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We all have too many wheels, screws and valves to judge each other on first impressions or one or two pointers. I don't understand you, you don't understand me and we don't understand ourselves.

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I am now and have always been a stranger to the realm of practical matters.

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I'm a seagull. No, that's wrong. Remember you shot a seagull? A man happened to come along, saw it and killed it, just to pass the time. A plot for a short story.

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Medvedenko: Why do you wear black all the time?
Masha: I'm in mourning for my life, I'm unhappy.

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Do you remember you shot a seagull? A man came by chance, saw it and destroyed it, just to pass the time.

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Nina: Your play's hard to act, there are no living people in it.
Treplev: Living people! We should show life neither as it is nor as it ought to be, but as we see it in our dreams.

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I've never been in love. I've dreamt of it day and night, but my heart is like a fine piano no one can play because the key is lost.

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