My mother and father are the only people on the whole planet for whom I will never begrudge a thing. Should I achieve great things, it is the work of their hands; they are splendid people and their absolute love of their children places them above the highest praise. It cloaks all of their shortcomings, shortcomings that may have resulted from a difficult life.

Idea for a short story. The shore of a lake, a young girl who's spent her whole life beside it, a girl like you She loves the lake the way a seagull does, and she's happy and free as a seagull. Then a man comes along, sees her, and ruins her life because he has nothing better to do. Destroys her like this seagull here.

Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.

Anna Petrovna: Never talk to women about your own good qualities. Let them find out for themselves.

All saints have past and all sinners have a future.

It is depressing to hear the unfortunate or dying man jest.

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.