In spite of death, he felt the need of life and love. He felt that love saved him from despair, and that this love, under the menace of despair, had become still stronger and purer. The one mystery of death, still unsolved, had scarcely passed before his eyes, when another mystery had arisen, as insoluble, urging him to love and to life.


Anna Karenin: A Novel (ed. 1901)

Leo Tolstoy Quotes

In spite of death, he felt the need of life and love. He felt that love saved him from despair, and that this love, under the menace of despair, had...

In spite of death, he felt the need of life and love. He felt that love saved him from despair, and that this love, under the menace of despair, had...

In spite of death, he felt the need of life and love. He felt that love saved him from despair, and that this love, under the menace of despair, had...

In spite of death, he felt the need of life and love. He felt that love saved him from despair, and that this love, under the menace of despair, had...