Faith does not, in the realist, spring from the miracle but the miracle from faith. If the realist once believes, then he is bound by his very realism to admit the miraculous also.

I walked along Nevsky Avenue.Actually it was more torture, humiliation, and bilious irritation than a stroll.

It's in the homes of spiteful old widows that one finds such cleanliness.

Two and two make four. Nature doesn't ask your advice. She isn't interested in your preferences or whether or not you approve of her laws. You must accept nature as she is with all the consequences that that implies.

Don’t let us forget that the causes of human actions are usually immeasurably more complex and varied than our subsequent explanations of them.

Man is a pliable animal, a being who gets accustomed to everything!

What is most vile and despicable about money is that it even confers talent. And it will do so until the end of the world.