You've said nothing, of course, and I ask nothing," he was saying; "but you know that friendship's not what I want: that there's only one happiness in life for me, that word that you dislike so...yes, love!
Leo TolstoyThe best thoughts most often come in the morning after waking, while still in bed or while walking.
Leo TolstoyTo regard Christ as God, and to pray to him, are to my mind the greatest possible sacrilege.
Leo TolstoyYes, there is something in me hateful, repulsive," thought Ljewin, as he came away from the Schtscherbazkijs', and walked in the direction of his brother's lodgings. "And I don't get on with other people. Pride, they say. No, I have no pride. If I had any pride, I should not have put myself in such a position".
Leo Tolstoy