There will come a time when everybody will know why, for what purpose, there is all this suffering, and there will be no more mysteries. But now we must live ... we must work, just work!

I promise to be a splendid husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, won't in my sky every day...

Everyone has the same God; only people differ.

One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake.

When you describe the miserable and unfortunate, and want to make the reader feel pity, try to be somewhat colder - that seems to give a kind of background to another's grief, against which it stands out more clearly. Whereas in your story the characters cry and you sigh. Yes, be more cold. ... The more objective you are, the stronger will be the impression you make.

Be sure not to discuss your hero's state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.

A hungry dog believes in nothing but meat.