Anna Karenina

"Nature is the only honest mirror we have."

"Time heals nothing; it only teaches us to live with our wounds."

"We are prisoners of our own desires."

"The only real courage is to keep going when you want to stop."

"Some people are born to suffer, and others to make them suffer."

"Marriage is not about happiness, but about meaning."

"In moments of weakness, we reveal our true nature."

"The tragedy of life is not that it ends, but how it ends."

"Forgiveness is a luxury we cannot always afford."

"A man cannot change what is inside him by changing what is outside."

"Love is the only thing that matters in this world."

"We live in a world of shadows and reflections."

"Work is not a burden but a salvation."

"There is always a choice, though sometimes it is a terrible one."

"The heart wants what it wants."

"We are all murderers when we refuse to share what we have."

"She wanted everything or nothing."

"One can endure pain alone, but to endure the sufferings of another—that is impossible."

"There is something new in what we are doing, but also something eternal."

"Love is not just a feeling. It is an art."

"The presence of the disease was more terrible than its absence."

"He felt that he was not himself, but some other person."

"If you look for perfection, you'll never be content."

"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

"The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable."

"Every soul is precious; none should be wasted."

"To live as if nothing matters is the greatest insult to life."

"Time is the cruelest of all teachers."

"We do not know our own souls, let alone the souls of others."

"The capacity to forgive is a sign of strength, not weakness."