It's the great mystery of human life that old grief passes gradually into quiet tender joy.


The Brothers Karamazov (1879–1880)


It's the great mystery of human life that old grief passes gradually into quiet tender joy.

It's the great mystery of human life that old grief passes gradually into quiet tender joy.

It's the great mystery of human life that old grief passes gradually into quiet tender joy.

It's the great mystery of human life that old grief passes gradually into quiet tender joy.