You don't understand, you fool' says Yegor, looking dreamily up at the sky. 'You've never understood what kind of person I am, nor will you in a million years... You just think I'm a mad person who has thrown his life away... Once the free spirit has taken hold of a man, there's no way of getting it out of him.
Anton ChekhovIf I were asked to chose between execution and life in prison I would, of course, chose the latter. It's better to live somehow than not at all.
Anton ChekhovI am writing a play which I probably will not finish until the end of November. I am writing it with considerable pleasure, though I sin frightfully against the conventions of the stage. It is a comedy with three female parts, six male, four acts, a landscape (view of the lake), lots of talk on literature, little action and tons of love.
Anton ChekhovDo you remember you shot a seagull? A man came by chance, saw it and destroyed it, just to pass the time.
Anton Chekhov