It's hard to love a woman and do anything. - Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

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

"If you love me as you say you do,' she whispered, 'make it so that I am at peace."

"I've always loved you, and when you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not as you would like them to be."

"Without the support from religion--remember, we talked about it--no father, using only his own resources, would be able to bring up a child."

"He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking."