In all my life I never met anyone so frivolous as you two, so crazy and unbusinesslike. I tell you in plain Russian your property is going to be sold and you don't seem to understand what I say.

The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others.

I do not know why one should not hunt two hares even in the literal sense....

A fiancé is neither this nor that: he's left one shore, but not yet reached the other.

It is time for writers to admit that nothing in this world makes sense. Only fools and charlatans think they know and understand everything. The stupider they are, the wider they conceive their horizons to be. And if an artist decides to declare that he understands nothing of what he sees - this in itself constitutes a considerable clarity in the realm of thought, and a great step forward.

The teacher must be an actor, an artist,passionately in love with his work.

Please, understand that your life is bad and dreary!