The time's come: there's a terrific thunder-cloud advancing upon us, a mighty storm is coming to freshen us up....It's going to blow away all this idleness and indifference, and prejudice against work....I'm going to work, and in twenty-five or thirty years' time every man and woman will be working.
Anton ChekhovIt always seems to the brothers and the father that their brother or son didn't marry the right person.
Anton ChekhovYour talent sets you apart: if you were a toad or a tarantula, even then, people would respect you, for to talent all things are forgiven.
Anton ChekhovPeople are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
Anton Chekhov