War is not courtesy but the most horrible thing in life; and we ought to understand that, and not play at war. We ought to accept this terrible necessity sternly and seriously. It all lies in that: get rid of falsehood and let war be war and not a game.

From the child of five to myself is but a step. But from the newborn baby to the child of five is an appalling distance.

Love those you hate you.

I must write each day without fail, not so much for the success of the work, as in order not to get out of my routine.

God forgive me everything!' she said, feeling the impossibility of struggling.

I ask one thing only: I ask for the right to hope, to suffer as I do. But if even that cannot be, command me to disappear, and I disappear. You shall not see me if my presence is distasteful to you.

Every man had his personal habits, passions, and impulses toward goodness, beauty, and truth.