Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

"They've got no idea what happiness is, they don't know that without this love there is no happiness or unhappiness for us--there is no life."

"Without knowledge of what I am and why I am here, it is impossible to live, and since I cannot know that, I cannot live either. In an infinity of time, in an infinity of matter, and an infinity of space a bubble-organism emerges while will exist for a little time and then burst, and that bubble am I."

"I'm like a starving man who has been given food. Maybe he's cold, and his clothes are torn, and he's ashamed, but he's not unhappy."

"Ah, if everyone was as sensitive as you! There's no girl who hasn't gone through that. And it's all so unimportant!"

"And you know, there's less charm in life when you think about death--but it's more peaceful."

"And you know, there's less charm in life when you think about death--but it's more peaceful."

"If you look for perfection, you'll never be content."

"Love. The reason I dislike that word is that it means too much for me, far more than you can understand."- Anna Karenina {Anna Karenina}"

"He was afraid of defiling the love which filled his soul."