A widow, the mother of a family, and from her heart she produces chords to which my whole being responds.

Often a man endures for several years, submits and suffers the cruellest punishments, and then suddenly breaks out over some minute trifle, almost nothing at all.

I agree that two times two makes four is an excellent thing; but if we are dispensing praise, then two times two makes five is sometimes a most charming little thing as well.

Oh, if only I did nothing simply as a result of laziness.

My friend, the truth is always implausible, did you know that? To make the truth more plausible, it's absolutely necessary to mix a bit of falsehood with it. People have always done so.

He who masters the grey everyday is a hero.

It’s not God that I don’t accept, Alyosha, only I most respectfully return him the ticket.