Leo Tolstoy - The Kreutzer Sonata (1889)

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He was right in saying that the only certain happiness in life is to live for others.

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It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

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If one has no vanity in this life of ours, there is no sufficient reason for living.

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I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.

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Meanwhile spring arrived. My old dejection passed away and gave place to the unrest which spring brings with it, full of dreams and vague hopes and desires.

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To say that you can love one person all your life is just like saying that one candle will continue burning as long as you live.

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I wanted to run after him, but remembered that it is ridiculous to run after one's wife's lover in one's socks; and I did not wish to be ridiculous but terrible.

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I love her not with my mind or my imagination, but with my whole being. Loving her I feel myself to be an integral part of all God's joyous world.

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