Natasha Rostova

Character in War and Peace From: War and Peace

Young noblewoman navigating love, duty, and maturity

204 quotes

"Natasha's youthful exuberance at the opera and ball scenes reflects her belief that life should be lived fully and joyfully"
Happiness
"Love is life."
Love
"Love and faith are more powerful than armies."
Love
"The heart knows no reason."
Love
"Dreams are the rehearsal grounds for our lives."
Dreams
"The heart is more intelligent than the mind."
Wisdom
"We cannot direct our love; it directs us."
Love
"Gratitude is the memory of the heart."
Gratitude
"Only through loss do we understand the value of what we had."
Wisdom
"The highest form of courage is the ability to forgive."
Courage
"God is the same everywhere."
Faith
"Hope is the pillar that holds up the world."
Hope
"When one loves, one is capable of anything."
Love
"The human heart desires the impossible."
Dreams
"Forgiveness is not the absence of anger but the choice to love despite it."
Kindness
"We are asleep until we fall in love"
Love
"Love is a great beautifier."
Love
"There is no greater power than the power of love."
Love
"Everything comes in time to those who wait."
Time
"True love is when you recognize the other person's soul."
Love
"To love is to place our happiness in another's happiness."
Love
"Natural beauty without affectation is the greatest charm"
Beauty
"There is a sovereignty in good deeds"
Kindness
"True love sees with the heart, not with the eyes"
Love
"Kind words are the music of the world"
Kindness
"A loving heart is the truest wisdom"
Wisdom
"The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of"
Relationships
"There is something in the human heart which will lead it to sympathize with misery."
Kindness
"Love is life itself."
Love
"Every heart sings a song, incomplete until another heart whispers back."
Love