Why nowadays there's a new fashion every day.

Like all mad men, I thought everyone was mad except myself.

After the doctor's departure Koznyshev felt inclined to go to the river with his fishing rod. He was fond of angling, and seemed proud of being able to like such a stupid occupation.

Not one word, not one gesture of yours shall I, could I, ever forget.

I have discovered nothing new; I have only perceived what I already knew.

I have found that a story leaves a deeper impression when it is impossible to tell which side the author is on.

The political is not compatible with the artistic, because the former, in order to prove, has to be one-sided.