He liked to fish; he seemed to take pride in being able to like such a stupid occupation.
Leo TolstoyWe walked to meet each other up at the time of our love and then we have been irresistibly drifting in different directions, and there's no altering that.
Leo TolstoyThere is one thing, and only one thing, in which it is granted to you to be free in life, all else being beyond your power: that is to recognize and profess the truth.
Leo TolstoyThe chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.
Leo TolstoyBut she did not take her eyes from the wheels of the second car. And exactly at the moment when the midpoint between the wheels drew level with her, she threw away the red bag, and drawing her head back into her shoulders, fell on her hands under the car, and with a light movement, as though she would rise immediately, dropped on her knees. And at the instant she was terror-stricken at what she was doing. 'Where am I? What am I doing? What for?' She tried to get up, to throw herself back; but something huge and merciless struck her on the head and dragged her down on her back.
Leo Tolstoy